The reform process in Burma/Myanmar by the quasi-civilian government of President Thein Sein has raised hopes that a long overdue solution can be found to more than 60 years of devastating civil war...
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsApril, 2013Myanmar
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchSeptember, 2015Myanmar
This assessment is in response to the 6th draft of the NLUP, released in May
2015, following months of public and expert consultations. It outlines some
of the key positive and negative points of the new draft. The new draft NLUP
has taken on board many of the concerns and recommendations raised by
the public during the consultation process, and includes several key issues
that would greatly improve Myanmar’s land governance arrangements. -
Library ResourceInstitutional & promotional materialsDecember, 2015Global, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Research indicates that key parameters of “land grabbing” differ across regions (e.g., ILC 2012) – particularly in view of who invests and/or when the bulk of investments occurred. At the same time, my review of the “land grab” literature since 2008 reveals that hardly any comparative assessments of “land grabbing” from a home country perspective exist that study whether and/or in which way and why “land grabs” of a single investor country differ across regions.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2012Myanmar
Northern Burma’s borderlands have undergone dramatic changes in the last two decades. Three main and
interconnected developments are simultaneously taking place in Shan State and Kachin State: (1) the increase
in opium cultivation in Burma since 2006 after a decade of steady decline; (2) the increase at about the same
time in Chinese agricultural investments in northern Burma under China’s opium substitution programme,
especially in rubber; and (3) the related increase in dispossession of local communities’ land and livelihoods -
Library ResourceReports & ResearchApril, 2013Myanmar
Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)...
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Land Rights and Ethnic Conflict in Burma" by TNI/BCN,
May 2013 at http://www.burmalibrary.org/sites/burmalibrary.org/files/obl/docs15/TNI-... -
Library ResourceReports & ResearchNovember, 2011South-Eastern Asia, Myanmar
What rural dwellers in the Global South experience as land grabbing, tends to be seen in the Global North as ‘agricultural investment’. The World Bank has been at the forefront of a drive to legitimate these investments, convening to win support for a code of conduct based on Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI) principles. Many key civil society groups reject the proposal for a code of conduct, objecting to the top-down process by which it was formulated and arguing that it was more likely to legitimate than prevent land grabbing.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2010Myanmar, South-Eastern Asia
Abstract: "Land-grabbing is occurring at a significant extent and pace in Southeast Asia; some of the characteristics of this land grab differ from those in regions such as Africa. At a glance, Europe is not a high profile, major driver of land-grabbing in this region, but a closer examination reveals that it nonetheless is playing a significant role. This influence is both direct and indirect, through European corporate sector and public policies, as well as through multilateral agencies within which EU states are members.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchOctober, 2014Myanmar
A joint preliminary assessment by
TNI Myanmar Project and TNI Agrarian Justice Programme.....Summary:
"October 18, 2014 saw the official unveiling by the government of
the Republic of the Union of Myanmar -
Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2015Myanmar
A RESPONSE TO THE DRAFT
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMarch, 2016Myanmar
We are at a critical juncture in our history, more promising than at any time in recent memory. The country will have a civilian-majority government that came to office through the votes of a multitude of smaller nationality groups for a pan-national party promising political change. If this political transition is to succeed, poverty must be alleviated, corruption curtailed, drug abuse radically reduced, and a host of other social crises addressed that have long blighted our country.
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