Central African Republic

Central African Republic - Context and Land Governance

The Central African Republic is a sparsely populated country well-endowed with natural resources –land, forests and minerals – that could have accelerated the country’s development. However, the political instability in the Central African Republic has prevented the construction of infrastructure and basic services such as hospitals and schools.

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Blogs

From commitments to action to fight climate change in Central Africa

4 December 2018

Authors:

Ahtziri Gonzalez

Central African Republic

The 2015 U.N. climate change conference was a historic moment in which the world agreed to limit global warming to 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by curbing greenhouse gas emissions. Through the Paris Agreement, parties consented to a long-term pathway of climate-resilient development.

Learnings on gender from the Congo Basin

8 March 2019

Authors:

Anouska Perram

Africa

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Improving how we work for – and with – indigenous and local women in their communities

As a human rights organisation, gender justice is a fundamental principle of our work, and we have long been conscious of, and sought to address, the barriers to effective participation in decision-making by women, as well as the other human rights violations they may face on account of their gender.

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Events

WORLD BANK CLIMATE WEBINAR | Women’s Land Rights and Access to Results-Based Climate Finance in REDD+ programs

7 March 2022

Location

United States

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US

Eastern Africa

Central African Republic

Southern Africa

Western Africa

Latin America and the Caribbean

Eastern Asia

Southern Asia

To celebrate International Women’s Day, the Climate Funds Management Unit (SCCFM) will host a discussion of gender equality in results-based climate finance with experts in the field on March 7th.

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Library

Are land rental markets responding to rising population pressures and land scarcity in sub-Saharan Africa?

Peer-reviewed publication

February 2021

Ethiopia

Malawi

Tanzania

Central African Republic

Although still at incipient stages in most areas, agricultural land markets in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are growing rapidly. While the literature on the region’s land markets is expanding, there has been little attention thus far paid to the drivers of land rental prices.

Regreening the Sahel: A quiet agroecological evolution

Journal Articles & Books

December 2020

Burkina Faso

Central African Republic

Cameroon

Algeria

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Mali

Mauritania

Niger

Nigeria

Sudan

Senegal

South Sudan

Chad

‘Over the past three decades hundreds of thousands of farmers in Burkina Faso and Niger, on the fringes of the Sahara Desert, have transformed large swathes of the region’s arid landscape into productive agricultural land, improving food security for about three million people. Once-denuded landscapes are now home to abundant trees, crops, and livestock.'

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Organizations

Government of Central African Republic

This is the profile for the Government of Central African Republic

Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF)

ASF serves the most vulnerable people waiting for justice

ASF intervenes in countries where human rights are not respected, where political violence and armed conflict reign, and where legal rules are flouted. Justice in those countries, too often arbitrary, does not guarantee the security of the population. Conflicts are not satisfactorily resolved before the local courts. People whose rights have been abused tend to resort to vigilante justice, which evolves into the law of the strongest or richest, and contributes to a climate of violence.

Droit-Afrique

Droit-Afrique est un site consacré au droit des affaires et à la fiscalité des pays de l’Afrique francophone. Il a pour objectif de mettre à la disposition des entreprises et des professionnels du droit une information juridique globale, pertinente et à jour sélectionnée par des juristes spécialisés. Droit-Afrique propose pour chaque pays :