Pastoralism, Policy & Power (page 14)
Titling customary tenure: women lose out
The main thrust of the paper “Titling of customary tenure is not a fix for women’s land rights: a review of evidence and practice” (2020, 28pp) by Margaret Rugadya, a Ugandan development economist, is that titling is inept at safeguarding women’s land rights on customary tenure. Intentionally or unintentionally, titling is unable to uphold favourable […]
50 years of research on pastoralism & development
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in the UK has issued a collection of IDS Bulletin articles that reflects on 50 years of research on pastoralism at IDS. The “end of pastoralism” was proclaimed widely in the 1970s, yet pastoralism has survived as a successful, resilient livelihood adapted to some of the harshest environments on […]
Pastoralists as reliability professionals
The working paper “A new policy narrative for pastoralism? Pastoralists as reliability professionals and pastoralist systems as infrastructure” by Emery Roe (2020, 33pp) proposes that pastoralist systems are better treated, in aggregate, as a global critical infrastructure. The policy and management implications that follow differ importantly from current pastoralist policies and recommendations. A multi-typology framework […]
CELEP annual report for 2019
The CELEP report on activities of the Coalition in the year 2019 is structured according to the action plan that was drawn up by the European member organisations and Eastern African partner organisations in the Annual General Meeting in 2018. It covers activities related to Communication (CELEP website, film festival websites and Google group), Knowledge […]
Pastoral development and policy environment in Ethiopia
The 3-page brief “Pastoral development pathways in Ethiopia: the policy environment and critical constraints” by Mohamed Yimer, Arba Minch University, Ethiopia, was written as a contribution to the Global Sustainable Development Report in 2015. It addresses issues of pastoralist livelihood vulnerability and challenges in the light of the policy environment for pastoralism in Ethiopia. The […]