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    • Land Reforms and Land Degradation in Tanzania: Alternative Economic Approaches 

      Angelsen, Arild; Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1995)
      This paper uses as a point of departure the extensive soil erosion problems in the highland area of Western Tanzania. The first part of the paper focuses on the ongoing debate on land reforms in Tanzania, particularly the ...
    • Land tenure and mining in Tanzania 

      Lange, Siri (Research report, Research report, 2008)
      Tanzania is a relatively new mining country, and mining has become a hotly debated issue in the country. There is a feeling among both local people and human rights advocacy groups that the government has betrayed ordinary ...
    • Land, Property Rules and Disputes in Kabul 

      De Lauri, Antonio (Iran Nameh vol. 29(3-4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-01-01)
    • Large-scale mining in protected areas made possible through corruption: Options for donors 

      Beevers, Michael D. (U4 Brief 2015:7, Report, 2015-06-18)
      Large-scale mining of minerals and metals are threatening protected areas, and corruption is often to blame. International donors must engage with governments, mining companies and local stakeholders to encourage transparency ...
    • Latin American Civil-Military Relations in a Historical Perspective: A Literature Review 

      Skaar, Elin; Malca, Camila Gianella (CMI Working Paper WP 2014:6, Working paper, 2014-07-01)
      Civil-military relations constitute a crucial element in the transition to substantive democracy all over the world. During periods of authoritarianism or civil war, the military in Latin America has been responsible for ...
    • Latin American Civil-Military Relations in a Historical Perspective: A Literature Review 

      Skaar, Elin; Malca, Camila Gianella (Conference object, 2014-01-27)
      Civil-military relationships constitute a crucial element in the transition to substantive democracy all over the world. During periods of authoritarianism or civil war, the military in Latin America has been responsible ...
    • Latin American Civil-Military Relationships in a Historical Perspective 

      Skaar, Elin (Conference object, 2013-01-01)
      Civil-military relationships constitute a crucial element in the transition to substantive democracy all over the world. During periods of authoritarianism or civil war, the military in Latin America has historically ...
    • Law as an Anti-Value. Justice, Violence and Suffering in the Logic of Becoming 

      De Lauri, Antonio (Anthropology Today vol. Vol 30(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-01-01)
      Anthropologists are chronologically only the latest to have adopted justice (and injustice) as an object of (critical) inquiry. Even among anthropologists, however, the radical critical cry that law is the instrument par ...
    • Law in Afghanistan: A Critique of Post-2001 Recontruction 

      De Lauri, Antonio (Journal of Critical Globalization Studies vol. 6, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-01-01)
      This article provides a critical reflection on the efforts at legal reconstruction initiated in 2001 by the international community and the Afghan government. Its aim is to highlight some of the more controversial factors ...
    • Le pouvoir des données : améliorer la transparence dans le secteur éducatif au Sierra Leone 

      Hamminger, Leo (U4 Brief 2009:16, Report, 2009-08-13)
      Des chiffres et des faits fiables constituent la meilleure défense contre les malversations. Un Système d’Information sur la Gestion de l’Education fonctionnant avec efficacité peut mettre en lumière de mauvaises pratiques ...
    • Le recouvrement d'avoirs volés: un principe fondamental de la Convention des Nations Unies contre la corruption 

      Smith, Jack; Pieth, Mark; Jorge, Guillermo (U4 Brief 2007:15, Report, 2007-01-01)
      Alors que l’aide atteint des centaines de milliards de dollars, les Nations Unies ont montré en 2004 qu’en 15 ans, 54 pays s’étaient appauvris. La plupart des analystes admettent désormais ce constat de la Banque mondiale, ...
    • Le Rwanda mise sur la croissance 

      Nicaise, Guillaume (Others, 2014-05-01)
      Le Rwanda a réalisé des progrès en termes de développement et entreprend de consolider ses acquis sur le plan économique et social. Cette croissance est-elle profitable à toute la ...
    • Le secteur de l’or à Madagascar : au cœur des pratiques illicites. Le cas de Dabolava et Betsiaka 

      Rabenandrasana, Clément; Harris, Ignace; Rabemazava, Daniel (U4 Report 2022:2, Research report, 2022-11-01)
      À Madagascar, l’exploitation aurifère pourrait constituer une source de développement majeure pour le gouvernement et la population. Cependant, chaque année, l’État malgache ...
    • Leaking projects: Corruption and local water management in Kyrgyzstan 

      Isabekova, Gulnaz; Ormushev, Kubanychbek; Omokeev, Toktobek; Williams, Aled; Zakharchenko, Natalia (U4 Practice Insight 2013:3, Report, 2013-10-17)
      Poor water infrastructure in Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet era led international donors to support investments in agricultural irrigation and potable freshwater systems. The financial investments made, however, did not always ...
    • Learning to build a sustainable peace: Ownership and everyday peacebuilding 

      Sending, Ole Jacob (ed.) (Research report, Research report, 2010)
      Lack of local ownership is seen as a central explanation for why peacebuilding efforts often fail to yield sustainable peace dividends. But how is local ownership understood and acted upon by those who are engaged in ...
    • Lebanese Armed Forces: A United Army for a Divided Country? 

      Knudsen, Are John (CMI Insight 2014:9, Report, 2014-11-06)
      Lebanon is straining under the fallout from the Syrian civil war amidst catering for one million refugees. Can the Lebanese Armed Forces contain the crisis and deliver the country from war?
    • Lebanon After the Cedar Revolution 

      Knudsen, Are; Kerr, Michael (Book, 2012-10-01)
      A comprehensive look at contemporary Lebanon and the ongoing attempts by Israel, Syria and Iran to influence its domestic affairs. Lebanon is the prisoner of its geography and its history, a prize for invaders since ...
    • Legal knowledge as a tool for social change: La mesa por la vida y la salud de las mujeres as an expert on Colombian abortion law 

      Vélez, Ana Cristina González; Jaramillo, Isabel Cristina (Health and Human Rights Journal vol. 19 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-01)
      In May 2006, Colombia’s Constitutional Court liberalized abortion, introducing three circumstances under which the procedure would not be considered a crime: (1) rape or incest; (2) a risk to the woman’s health or life; ...
    • Legal limits to tribal governance: coal mining in Meghalaya, India 

      Stokke, Hugo (CMI Brief vol. 16 no. 2, Report, 2017-03-01)
      Land in Meghalaya, India, was traditionally agricultural land, owned by the community. With increasing privatization and rising commercial value of land for non-agricultural use, many owners have sold the land for mining ...
    • Legal Pluralism And Indigenous Women’s Rights In Mexico: The Ambiguities Of Recognition 

      Sieder, Rachel (NYU Journal of International Law and Politics vol. 48 no. 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-01)
      This article explores the effects of the ambiguous recognition of indigenous or “customary” law in Mexico on the struggle of indigenous women to ensure their rights are respected. After outlining the history of legal changes ...