Addressing Poverty through Local Economic and Territorial Development
Land Access and Participatory Territorial Development: lessons and policy implications from South Africa and Brazil The research examined how sectoral policies for land access and agrarian development can be integrated into a dynamic and holistic approach to sustainable development with a territorial focus. It undertook comparative and analytical policy studies, drawing on existing work and data, and supported participatory, empirical case studies in 2 districts in South Africa and 3 territories in North-eastern Brazil, focussing on land access and agrarian development, and poverty and livelihood impacts in the context of wider development policy and planning. The project assessed the implications for public policy in local and national government and for donors in both South Africa and Brazil, identifying and disseminating the policy and practical lessons for the countries concerned, and the wider southern African and Latin American regions, and considering the global relevance. The material produced also provides Anglophone researchers with a rare insight into territorially-based approaches to rural development as adopted in Latin America, and their potential relevance in sub-Saharan Africa. This project was funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) through the Central Research Department. The project produced a wide range of outputs. These include background papers, South Africa Case studies, Brazil case studies; synthesis and policy papers, workshop reports and slide presentations(in Pdf format)
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