Book Launch: Confronting Land and Property Problems for Peace

JICA-RI will hold a book launch for Confronting Land and Property Problems for Peace, which was published in May from British publisher Routledge. The launch will be organized in Washingotn D.C., jointly with IOM and USAID.

Conflict-affected countries, characterized by weak governance, return of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDP), and arbitrary policies, are prone to problems over land and properties. Since the land and property problems directly influence people’s livelihoods, those issues should be properly addressed in order to secure the legitimacy of the state, and to improve people’s everyday lives through inclusive economic development.

Confronting Land and Property Problems for Peace compiles the findings of a two-year research project by JICA-RI, with an attempt to analyze the nature of land and property problems in conflict-affected situations as well as the efforts by the governments and of the international community. It elucidates effective policy measures from a long-term perspective to ensure sustainable peace-building through comparative case studies in eight diverse countries (South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Colombia, Cambodia and Timor-Leste).

The events will invite the editor and authors of the book, as well as practitioners and academic researchers working on land and property problems in conflict-affected countries, to highlight the key findings of the research and discuss their practical implications for policy-makers, practitioners and academic researchers.

Presentation:
Shinichi TAKEUCHI, Director of African Studies Group, Area Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO) / Former Visiting Fellow, JICA-RI
Mari KATAYANAGI, Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University / Former Senior Research Fellow, JICA-RI

Discussion:
Timothy Fella, Land Tenure and Conflict Advisor, USAID
Deborah Isser, Senior Counsel, Program Manager, Justice for the Poor, the World Bank Group
Peter Van der Auweraert, Head of the Land, Property and Reparations Division, IOM Geneva

Please visit JICA-RI website for details of the book.

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