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Natural Resources and Local Livelihoods in the Great Lakes Region of Africa

A Political Economy Perspective

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  1. An Ansoms

    1. Centre for Development Studies, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

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  2. Stefaan Marysse

    1. Institute of Development Policy and Management (IDPM), University of Antwerp, Belgium

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Land Relations and Local Livelihoods in the Great Lakes Region

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Land Relations and Local Livelihoods in the Great Lakes Region

      • An Ansoms, Klara Claessens
      Pages 3-25

    3. Reconciling Custom, State and Local Livelihoods: Decentralised Land Management in South Kivu (DRC)

      • Innocent Utshudi Ona, An Ansoms
      Pages 26-48

    4. A Legacy from the Past Hindering the Future: Land Conflicts in Ituri (DRC)

      • Joost Van Puijenbroek, An Ansoms
      Pages 49-67

    5. Governance of Urban Agricultural Space: Struggle for Land in Kinshasa (DRC)

      • Inge Wagemakers, Oracle Makangu Diki
      Pages 68-82

    6. In Quest of Legitimacy: Changes in Land Law and Legal Reform in Burundi

      • Dominik Kohlhagen
      Pages 83-103

    7. Sharing Scarcity: Issues of Land Tenure in South-east Rwanda

      • Margot Leegwater
      Pages 104-122

    8. Views from Below on the Pro-poor Growth Challenge: Agrarian Policies in the Context of Rural Rwanda

      • An Ansoms
      Pages 123-145

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 252-265
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About this book

This book looks at how the benefits of economic development in the Great Lakes Region of Africa are not being equally distributed. It studies the impact of the increasing scramble for natural resources upon local livelihoods and considers the ambiguities that characterise the relationship between mining and development.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Development Studies, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

    An Ansoms

  • Institute of Development Policy and Management (IDPM), University of Antwerp, Belgium

    Stefaan Marysse

About the editors

AN ANSOMS Lecturer in development studies at the Universite Catholique de Louvain (Belgium). She holds a PhD in economics and is involved in research on poverty and inequality in the Great Lakes Region. She pays particular attention to the challenges of rural development and pro-poor growth in land-scarce (post-)conflict environments.

STEFAAN MARYSSE Professor emeritus at the Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp (Belgium), and director of ECA (Expertise in Central Africa, Brussels). He holds a phd of the Sorbonne /Paris and is involved in research on political economy and development. He co-edited 'The Political Economy of the Great Lakes Region in Africa: The Pitfalls of Enforced Democracy and Globalization', Palgrave, 2005.

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