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  Public policy reforms and indigenous forest governance: the case of the Yuracaré people in Bolivia

  Conservation and Society, 2012

  This case study, published in the journal Conservation and Society, examines the impact of forest reforms in Bolivia on the indigenous Yuracaré people.
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  Smallholders at risk: monoculture expansion, land, food and livelihoods in Latin America

  Oxfam, 2014

  Greater investment in agriculture is needed to reduce rural poverty and improve food security; but how investment is made, its context and conditions, is at least as important as how much is invested.
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  A land title is not enough: ensuring sustainable land restitution in Colombia

  Amnesty International, 2014

  The violent struggle to control territory for economic, military and political reasons, coupled with high levels of rural poverty and the high concentration of land ownership among relatively few owners, has been one of the root causes of Colombia’s 50-year-old internal armed conflict.
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  Spotlight on publications: extractive industries and land use

  Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2012

  Questions about land use are inextricably related to decisions about where and how to engage in extractive industry activities.
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  Benefits (and losses) from rent control in the Philippines: An empirical study of Metro Manila

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2001

  This study examines benefits of rent control law in Metro Manila. The results show that rent control benefits are conditional to occupying a rent-controlled unit and on tenure. The benefits of rent control are found positive.
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  The expropriation and compensation system in Korea

  Korea Development Institute, 2014

  For the last 60 years, the Korean economy has achieved an astounding development that is called “the Miracle of the Han River.” Korea was one of the world’s poorest countries at the time of the national liberation in 1945 and it went through a three-year long Korean War from 1950. However, it grew into one of the world’s leading trading powers.
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  Empowering drylands women

  Drylands Development Centre, UNDP, 2014

  The Integrated Drylands Development Programme (IDDP) is a global UNDP initiative to promote sustainable development in the drylands, and advance the implementation of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. This topic brief highlights the important role that gender plays in this context of sustainable development, in particular the role of women in the Arab States and Africa.
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  CARP institutional assessment in a Post-2008 transition scenario: implications for Land Administration and Management (LAM)

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008

  The objective of this paper is to present the land administration and management (LAM) issues on CARP and determine the necessary institutional reforms on LAM in view of CARP expiration in 2008. The paper discussed the adverse effects brought about by weak land policy and poor land administration on attaining the objectives of CARP.
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  Multimarket modeling of agricultural supply when crop land is a quasi-fixed input: a note

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011

  Modeling of crop supply frequently adopts separate treatment of area and yield variables. The advantage of this approach is that it conveniently imposes the property of land being a quasi-fixed factor, at least on the aggregate. Given an agricultural land frontier, total supply of land may be fixed in the short run.
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  Assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of the Cadastral Survey Program of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2013

  The slow progress of the Cadastral Survey Program in the Philippines has been associated with implementation issues that have affected the effectiveness and efficiency of the program. A review of the processes, procedures, and existing institutional set-up in the conduct of cadastral surveys helped identify factors behind the slow progress and delays in implementation.

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