The Global Drylands Imperative: Devolving Resource Rights and the MDGs in Africa

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The Global Drylands Imperative: Devolving Resource Rights and the MDGs in Africa

December 1, 2015

The paper analyzes a sample of existing or in-formulation policy frameworks governing access and security of tenure over major natural assets such as land, forests and wildlife. The fundamental question that runs through the analysis in the paper concerns the extent to which security of resource tenure can mediate the achievement of the MDGs.