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A Theory of Access.
Jesse C. Ribot,Nancy Lee Peluso +1 more
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In this article, the authors define access as the ability to derive benefits from things, broadening from property's clas- sical definition as "the right to benefit from things" and examine a broad set of factors that differentiate access from property.Abstract:
The term "access" is frequently used by property and natural resource analysts without adequate definition. In this paper we develop a concept of access and examine a broad set of factors that differentiate access from property. We define access as "the ability to derive benefits from things," broadening from property's clas- sical definition as "the right to benefit from things." Access, following this definition, is more akin to "a bundle of powers" than to property's notion of a "bundle of rights." This formulation includes a wider range of social relationships that constrain or enable benefits from resource use than property relations alone. Using this fram- ing, we suggest a method of access analysis for identifying the constellations of means, relations, and processes that enable various actors to derive benefits from re- sources. Our intent is to enable scholars, planners, and policy makers to empirically "map" dynamic processes and relationships of access.read more
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The Limits of State-Led Land Reform: An Introduction
Thomas Sikor,Daniel Müller +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that state-led land reform strategies encounter significant problems on the ground due to their reliance on "top-down" initiatives and bureaucratic implementation and suggest the benefits of a shift in emphasis from state to community in land reform.
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Women, Water, and Development
TL;DR: A review of the literature suggests that the lack of gender-disaggregated data on the impacts of water policies, and underlying disagreements on how gender and development should be theorized, makes it difficult to reach robust conclusions on which policies can best assure poor women reliable access to water for their lives and livelihoods as mentioned in this paper.
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Plantation rubber, land grabbing and social-property transformation in southern Laos
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine a concession of 10,000 hectares by the central government of Laos to a Vietnamese corporation for extracting timber and planting rubber in the southern province of Attapeu.
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Ecosystem Services Flows: Why Stakeholders' Power Relationships Matter
María R. Felipe-Lucia,Berta Martín-López,Sandra Lavorel,Luis Berraquero-Díaz,Javier Escalera-Reyes,Francisco A. Comín +5 more
TL;DR: An adaptation of the “cascade” framework for ecosystem services is proposed to integrate the analysis of ecological interactions among ecosystem services and stakeholders’ interactions, reflecting power relationships that mediate ecosystem services flows.
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Forests for People: Community Rights and Forest Tenure Reform
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the process and outcomes of granting new rights, assessing a variety of governance issues in implementation, access to forest products and markets and outcomes for people and forests, and explored the nature of forest reform, the extent and meaning of rights transferred or recognized, and the role of authority and citizens' networks in forest governance.
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Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action
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The Political Economy of the Rent-Seeking Society
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