Land acquisitions and rights

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West Africa

19 entries

Fishermen dragging a net out of a river.

Debt swaps for climate and nature outcomes in West Africa

Active Project

Preview of 12590IIED

Land investments, accountability and the law: Lessons from West Africa

Publication, 01 May 2016

Preview of G03181

Sharing the benefits of large dams

Publication, 01 November 2011

Preview of G03530

Dam powers local development

Publication, 01 February 2013

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Improving the living conditions of communities affected by dam projects: proposals from West African stakeholders

Publication, 01 January 2013

Preview of 17215IIED

Gender-equitable land tool development in West Africa

Publication, 01 April 2014

Preview of 17216IIED

Developing tools to secure land rights in West Africa: a ‘bottom up’ approach

Publication, 01 April 2014

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Land tool development in Ghana: building on local aspirations and innovation

Publication, 01 April 2014

Guinea's Kaleta dam was completed by a Chinese company in 2015, ending chronic power shortages in the capital city, Conakry (Photo: Jamie Skinner/IIED)

How a new ECOWAS directive could change the way dams are built and managed in West Africa

Insight, 08 August 2017

Rhinos in the Serengeti National Park. The International Union for Conservation of Nature estimates that poachers killed at least 1,338 rhinos across Africa in 2015 (Photo: Nicholas Maxim, Creative Commons via Flickr)

New report: local people are crucial to combating illegal wildlife trade

News, 03 August 2016

A woman farmer

Women pay heavier price for big dams

Insight, 08 March 2016

Wildlife can be a key asset for rural communities in Africa, providing a foundation for economic development through tourism (Photo: Paolo, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Regional workshop: exploring community-based efforts to tackle illegal wildlife trade in West/Central Africa

News, 23 February 2016

Women smallholders replanting rice in the irrigated area around the Bagré dam in Burkina Faso (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)

Water and land rights – hand-in-hand for sustainable development

Insight, 25 September 2015

GWI West Africa at World Water Week 2015 (Photo: Lucile Robinson/GWI)

Towards socially just and economically viable dams in West Africa: World Water Week 2015

Event on 23 August 2015

Temegnush Dhabi owns a two-hectare farm in central Ethiopia, growing chick peas. "I’m no longer seen as a poor widow but a successful farmer" (Photo: The Gates Foundation via Flickr)

Women's land rights and Africa's development conundrum – which way forward?

Insight, 12 December 2014

Farmers and administrators discuss land issues

Securing land rights in West Africa

Archived Project

WoDaabe pastoralists are one of the most mobile and specialised pastoral communities in the Sahel (Photo: Stephen Anderson)

Supporting pastoral mobility in East and West Africa

Archived Project

Putting farmers first: Democratising and reshaping agricultural research in West Africa

News, 31 January 2012

Five ways to bring benefits from large dams to local communities

News, 23 November 2011

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Large-scale dams

Global Water Initiative (GWI)