What to Read | Land Portal
What to Read   What to Read is the new name of an existing series formerly called "Country Insights Digest". What to Read is a periodic blog in which Land Portal researchers share their reading list and tell you why the selected pieces stand out in a sea of information. It is a reflection on some of the most important new articles and reports that aims to identify the most current points of discussion around land, distill key messages and points of debate, and offer you an entry point to learn more. We changed the name because our reading lists go beyond country borders.

 

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Women Feed the World
8 March 2024
Authors: 
Dr. Nieves Zúñiga
Global

In honor of International Women’s Day, this What to Read Digest offers a selection of some of the must-read publications for anyone wishing to  understand the link between land, food security and women.

What to Read Open Data
12 December 2023
Authors: 
Dr. Nieves Zúñiga
Mr. Charl-Thom Bayer
Romy Sato
Global

A selection and review of readings that shed light on the role that open land data can play in equitable and sustainable development, and social justice.

What to Read
3 August 2023
Authors: 
Dr. Anne Hennings
Colombia
Bangladesh
India

In this What to Read digest, we review four recent articles that focus on how rural communities in the Global South are dealing with climate disasters, including cases from Bangladesh, Colombia, and India.

Pastoralists in Kenya, 2021
20 April 2023
Authors: 
Dr. Rick de Satgé
Sub-Saharan Africa

This What to Read digest examines livestock keeping in pastoral systems and features recent research that reviews the relationship between pastoral livelihoods and global climate change.

12 September 2022
Authors: 
Daniel Hayward
Central Asia
Western Asia

Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, this What to Read digest reviews three articles that explore different, lesser-known territorial disputes - all of them in Asia.

19 April 2022
Authors: 
Dr. Anne Hennings
Tanzania
Global

This What to Read digest introduces three recent articles that take a different view on urban Africa. The publications refer to innovative ways to secure tenure in cities, obstacles to urban agriculture, and bring insights into the agency and opportunities of urban refugees.

14 February 2022
Authors: 
Daniel Hayward
Guatemala
South-Eastern Asia
Cambodia
Timor-Leste

This Country Insights Digest discusses the topic of microfinance in relation to land loss. Daniel Hayward reviews three articles on the topic and adds some concluding thoughts and questions. Has microfinance merely warped into other forms of rural credit, where the profit margin trumps all other aims?

14 October 2021
Authors: 
Dr. Anne Hennings
Burundi
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Côte d'Ivoire
Colombia
Timor-Leste
Sri Lanka

Over the last month the news all over the world broke with stories about the departure of US forces from Afghanistan and its takeover by the Taliban. Many wonder what the future will bring to those who remained and to those who fled the country. This thought immediately raises all sorts of questions which include 'what will happen to access, control, and ownership of land in states of transition?'

22 June 2021
Authors: 
Dr. Anne Hennings
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Ghana
Nigeria

Securing women’s land rights remains high in the news and in the development agenda in recent months. A quick search on Land Portal shows since March this year more than 250 resources related to land & gender, including news articles, blogs and publications.

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