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   Are wealth transfers biased against girls?: Gender differences in land inheritance and schooling investment in Ghana's western region

   Documents de politique et mémoires

   janvier, 2004

   Ghana, Afrique occidentale

   Terre et genre

   droit foncier

   terre

   This study attempts to analyse changing patterns of land transfer and ownership, as well as school investments by gender over three generations in customary land areas of Ghana's Western Region. Traditional inheritance rules deny land ownership rights to women. Yet the increase in the demand for women's labour due to the expansion of labour intensive cocoa cultivation has created incentives for husbands to give their wives and children land. Through this and other gift mechanisms, women have increasingly acquired land, thereby reducing the gender gap in land ownership.

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   The impact of agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment practices on the poor in western Kenya

   Documents de politique et mémoires

   décembre, 2003

   Afrique orientale, Afrique sub-saharienne, Afrique, Kenya

   Régimes forestiers

   systèmes agroforestiers
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   Conservation Farming in Zambia

   Documents de politique et mémoires

   octobre, 2003

   Zambie

   Terre et sécurité alimentaire

   gestion de terre agricole

   sécurité alimentaire

   amélioration foncière

   Since 1996, a growing coalition of stakeholders from the private sector, government and donor communities has promoted a new package of agronomic practices for smallholders in Zambia. 

   
   

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   Ending hunger by 2050

   crucial investments and policies

   Documents de politique et mémoires

   décembre, 2003

   Terre et genre

   Terre et sécurité alimentaire

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   femme

   agriculture

   sécurité alimentaire

   jeunesse

   recherche

   dégradation des terres

   "To end hunger and prevent the recurrence of famine and starvation, we need to take the following steps: invest in public health, child nutrition, education, women’s and girls’ social status, and other components of human capital; reform public institutions and create innovative funding and partnership arrangements; change government policies at all levels to be both pro-poor and pro-growth; increase funding for scientific and technological research to boost agricultural production and efficiency; and develop specific policies and institutions to deal with environmental degradation c

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   Mettre fin a la famine en Afrique

   seuls les petits agriculteurs peuvent y parvenir

   Documents de politique et mémoires

   décembre, 2003

   Afrique orientale, Afrique occidentale, Afrique australe, Afrique sub-saharienne, Afrique

   Terre et sécurité alimentaire

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   sécurité alimentaire

   agriculteur

   pauvreté

   dégradation des terres

   agriculture

   investissement foncier

   Contrairement aux prévisions communément admises quant à l’aggravation du déclin économique de l’Afrique, une récente étude présente une vision alternative plus positive de l’avenir de ce continent. De nouveaux engagements politiques, une gestion du programme de développement sous égide africaine ainsi que l’accroissement de l’intérêt et des investissements dans les petites exploitations agricoles ont le potentiel d’arrêter, voire d’inverser la tendance spiroïdale de la famine, de la pauvreté, de la dégradation environnementale, des maladies et des guerres civiles.

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   The impact of agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment practices on the poor in western Kenya

   Documents de politique et mémoires

   décembre, 2003

   Afrique orientale, Afrique sub-saharienne, Afrique, Kenya

   Régimes forestiers

   systèmes agroforestiers

   This case study explores the relationships between agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment (SFR) systems (improved follows and biomass transfer) and poverty reduction in rural western Kenya. It further examines the role that different dissemination aproaches play in the conditioning which segments of society gain access to information to the technlolgies and then uses them.

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   In pursuit of comparable concepts and data about collective action

   Documents de politique et mémoires

   décembre, 2003

   Régimes forestiers

   gestion des ressources naturelles

   terrain forestier

   foresterie

   développement des capacités

   recherche

   Research on collective action confronts two major obstacles. First, inconsistency in the conceptualization and operationalization of collective action, the key factors expected to affect collective action, and the outcomes of collective action hampers the accumulation of knowledge. Inconsistent terminology obscures consistent patterns. Second, the scarcity of comparable data thwarts evaluation of the relative importance of the many variables identified in the literature as likely to influence collective action.

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   Methods of consensus building for community based fisheries management in Bangladesh and the Mekong Delta

   Documents de politique et mémoires

   décembre, 2003

   Asie, Asia du sud-est, Bangladesh, Viet Nam

   Droits fonciers collectifs

   communauté locale

   gestion des ressources naturelles

   Peuples Autochtones

   Propriété collective

   systèmes de tenure

   pêches

   A method of consensus building for management of wetlands and fisheries using a systematic approach to participatory planning and initially developed in Bangladesh is now being applied in both Bangladesh and the Mekong delta. The method recognizes diversity in livelihoods and works through a structured learning and planning process that focuses on common interests. It works with each category of stakeholder separately to prioritize the natural resource problems that their livelihoods are largely dependent on, they then share and agree common priorities in plenary.

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   Land and schooling

   Documents de politique et mémoires

   janvier, 2004

   parité hommes-femmes en matière d’accès à la terre

   droit de propriété

   tenure foncière

   The authors address questions such as: (1) how do parents allocate land and education between sons and daughters? (2) how do changing returns to land and human capital affect parents' investments in children? (3) what do gender differences in land and schooling mean for the welfare of men and women? (4) is gender equity compatible with efficiency and growth? The book is based on intensive household surveys in Ghana, Indonesia, and the Philippines." -- From Text

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    Community empowerment and scaling-up in urban areas

    Documents de politique et mémoires

    janvier, 2004

    Zambie

    possession

    zone urbaine

    CARE began PROSPECT (Program of Support for Poverty Elimination and Community Transformation) in 1998. PROSPECT aims to reduce poverty in peri-urban areas of Lusaka. It employs a community-based approach to carry out three types of activities: social empowerment (institution building at the local level), personal empowerment (microfinance), and infrastructure improvement (mostly water supply schemes). PROSPECT has attempted to carry out these activities largely through its support of area-based organizations (ABOs) that now form part of city government.