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| Publication | Author | Publication Type | Body |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obama Meets Koroma: Time to Talk Land Rights | Vivek Maru, Sonkita Conteh | Op Eds | |
| Protecting Community Lands and Resources: Evidence from Uganda | Rachael Knight, Judy Adoko, Theresa Auma Eilu | Policy Papers, Research Report | |
| Protecting Community Lands and Resources: Evidence from Liberia | Rachael Knight, Silas Kpanan’Ayoung Siakor, Ali Kaba, | Policy Papers | |
| From Bribery to Empowerment | Vivek Maru, Margaux Hall | Op Eds | |
| Sierra Leone Parliament Passes Landmark Legal Aid Law | Sonkita Conteh, Lotta Teale | Op Eds | |
| What a Paralegal in Sierra Leone Needs to Know | Vivek Maru, Simeon Koroma | Op Eds | |
| Protecting Community Lands and Resources: Evidence from Liberia, Mozambique and Uganda | Rachael Knight, Judy Adoko, Teresa Auma, Ali Kaba, Alda Salomao, Silas Siakor, Issufo Tankar | Policy Papers | recent years governments across Africa Asia and Latin America have been granting vast land concessions foreign domestic investors for agroindustrial enterprises resource extraction Often make with view furthering development strengthening the national economy Yet many cases these dispossess rural communities deprive them access natural resources vital their livelihoods economic survival Even when welcome private investment projects are often undertaken ways that lead environmental degradation human rights violations loss inequity Communities generally little power contest such grants advocate terms more favorable local prosperity particularly where they operate under customary law not formal legal title lands this context need strong protections well expedient government implementation clear simple easytofollow procedures documentation Various nations passed laws possible register single entity act decentralized administration management bodies referred herein community titling These protect according paradigms boundaries including all family forests grazing water other common areas critical However due various political nancial capacity constraints widely successfully implemented investigate how best support International Development Law Organization IDLO launched randomized controlled trial Liberia Uganda Mozambique from entitled Community Land Titing Initiative Together Sustainable Institute SDI Equity Movement LEMU Centro Terra Viva CTV supported follow registration taking note challenges successes transpired course efforts The rst study its kind worldwide interventions goal was better understand both type level require complete processes facilitate intracommunity vulnerable groups studys primary objectives were Facilitate protection customarily held through legally established Understand most efciently determine types required Devise pilot strategies guard against injustice discrimination during interests Findings Recommendations This report details experiences undertaking activities summarizes initial impacts following subject headings conict resolution prevention encompassing boundary harmonization demarcation governance bylawsconstitution drafting conservation sustainable plan then briey reviews obstacles confronted relative administrative components process next outlines ndings optimal intervention necessary successful completion what endogenous factors may impact communitys success concerning women concludes setting forth recommendations intended inform policy dialogue help rene improve existing provide useful insights countries seeking develop policies also efcient method than individual should prioritized short term ISBN |
| A Letter to Rio+20: Sustainable Development Isn’t Possible Without Land Rights | Vivek Maru, Andy White | Op Eds | |
| New Directions in Justice Reform | Daniel Adler, Lisa Bhansali, Christina Biebesheimer, James A. Brumby, Anupama Dokeniya, William Dorotinsky, Varun Gauri, Guenter Heidenhof, Hans Jurgen Gruss, Nick Manning, Alexandre Marc, Vivek Maru, Richard Messick, Phillip Keefer, Paul Prettitore, Graham Teskey, David Varela | Policy Papers, Research Report | |
| Akbar, Birbal, and a South Asia Regional Meeting on Monitoring and Evaluating Legal Empowerment | Vivek Maru | Public Remarks | |
| For the Sake of Fairness: Justice in Development | Vivek Maru | Op Eds | |
| Legal Power to the People | Vivek Maru | Op Eds | |
| The FTAA, Access to HIV/AIDS Treatment, and Human Rights | Vivek Maru | Policy Papers | |
| Poetic Meets Tragic: Tagore in the Light of Max Weber | Vivek Maru | ||
| Legalizing Compensation | Kanchi Kohli | Op Eds | |
| Exploring the Community Level Impact of Paralegals in rural Sierra Leone | Sonkita Conteh | Op Eds | |
| What Lies Beneath | Kanchi Kohli | Op Eds | |
| Timap for Justice: A Paralegal Approach to Justice Services in Sierra Leone | Vivek Maru | Policy Papers | |
| Camponeses’ Realities: Their Experiences and Perceptions of the 1997 Land Law | Rachael Knight | Policy Papers | |
| Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa: An investigation into best practices for law making and implementation | Rachael Knight | Policy Papers | |
| Compulsory acquisition of land and compensation | Rachael Knight | Policy Papers | |
| Land policy developments and setbacks in southern Africa | Rachael Knight, Martin Adams | Policy Papers | |
| Disparities in Health, Disparities in Law: The Global Potential of Individual Advocacy | Ellen Lawton, Robyn Riseberg, Gavriela Bogin-Farber, Rachael Knight, Jonathan Cohen, Chi-Cheng Huang | Policy Papers | |
| Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment: A Review of World Bank Practice | Vivek Maru | Policy Papers | This paper reviews the World Banks existing work access justice and suggests directions for further Bank engagement this area Access efforts are grouped here into six categories court reforms legal aid information dissemination education alternative dispute resolution public sector accountability research The motivated part recent discussions empowerment thread inquiry that runs through review how increase affect agency poor people concludes with insights recommendations emerge from experience |
| Law for the Global Poor | Vivek Maru, Tiernan Mennen | Op Eds | |
| Allies Unknown: Legal Empowerment and Social Accountability | Vivek Maru | Policy Papers | |
| Community-Based Paralegal Programs: A Practitioner’s Guide | Vivek Maru, Felisa Tibbits, in collaboration with Bruce Lasky, David Mcquoid-Mason, and Agnes Cover | Policy Papers | |
| Between Law and Society: Paralegals and the Provision of Justice Services in Sierra Leone and Worldwide | Vivek Maru | Policy Papers | |
| The Challenges of African Legal Dualism: An Experiment in Sierra Leone | Vivek Maru | Policy Papers | |
| Ravaging the Vulnerable: Abuses Against Persons at High Risk of HIV Infection in Bangladesh | Vivek Maru | Policy Papers | |
| Framing Local Conflict and Justice in Bangladesh | Vivek Maru, Maitreyi Das | Policy Papers | |
| The Community Land Titling Initiative: An Investigation into the Protection of Customary Land Claims | Rachael Knight | Policy Papers |