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  Papers of FAO/SARPN Workshop on HIV/AIDS and Land, Pretoria

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2002

  Series of country papers on HIV/AIDS and land in Lesotho, Kenya, South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, with concluding paper on methodological and conceptual issues. The key questions addressed include: The impact on and changes in land tenure systems (including patterns of ownership, access, and rights) as a consequence of HIV/AIDS with a focus on vulnerable groups.
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  Civil society and the land question in Tanzania

  Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000

  The Land Policy in Tanzania is an example of citizens engaging in a protracted struggle for effective participation in the policy process, despite the long exclusion they have experienced in policy making.
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  Civil society and governance case study of land distribution programme to Kol tribals in Chitrakot district Uttar Pradesh

  Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000

  The Kol tribals of Chitrakoot district live a life of abject poverty, exploitation and almost complete subjugation to the feudal landowners, locally known as Dadus. A local civil society organisation, the Akhil Bhartiya Samaj Sewa Sansthan (ABSSS) has adopted a multi-pronged approach to simultaneously address three sets of issues which it felt were crucial for improving the lot of the Kols.
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  Botswana National Land Policy

  Oxfam, 2002

  This Bostwana government report examines the linkages between land rights and both rural and urban poverty in Botswana, which constitute a strong element of the Bostwana PRSP. Its basis for this arises out of a need to adjust the land policy and land laws, administration and management to the changes being brought about by economic development and associated urbanisation in Botswana.
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  The case of Kok Hin Khao land rights conflicts in Nam Phong district of Khon Kaen - Thailand

  Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000

  This paper is a report on anthropological fieldwork on the civil society movements in northeastern Thailand.
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  Protest against the acquisition of common grazing land in Kadadara Panchayat, Gujarat

  Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000

  Local governance has become increasingly significant as devolution from central and provincial levels is being attempted in India as a result of the enactment of the 73rd and 74th Amendment of the Constitution in 1993.
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  Civil society and the struggle for land rights for marginalised groups: the contribution of the Uganda Land Alliance to the Land Act 1998

  Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000

  The 1998 Land Act represents one of the most important pieces of legislation in Uganda, which is predominantly an agricultural country. The role of a consortium of NGOs, The Uganda Land Alliance (ULA), is analysed in this paper, with regard to the enactment of the Act.
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  The importance of land tenure to poverty eradication and sustainable development in Africa: Summary of findings

  Oxfam, 1997

  This paper draws out the key links between land tenure and poverty eradication.
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  National forest programme: forestland tenure systems in Tanzania

  Tanzania Online, 2001

  This paper begins by exploring the history of tenure in Tanzania's forests. It states that, while the government has retained ownership of forests centrally; locally, people have used forest resources without restriction.
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  HIV/AIDS and its impacts on land tenure and livelihoods in Lesotho: comments on Lesotho country study

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2002

  This paper addresses the amelioration of the impact of AIDS on land tenure and livelihoods. The author argues that, in Lesotho, land policy development should be informed by the status of community support and welfare for those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.

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