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

Part I. Land Relations and Local Livelihoods in the Great Lakes Region

1. Land Relations and Local Livelihoods in the Great Lakes Region
An Ansoms, Klara Claessens

2. Reconciling Custom, State and Local Livelihoods: Decentralised Land Management in South Kivu (DRC)
Innocent Utshudi Ona, An Ansoms

3. A Legacy from the Past Hindering the Future: Land Conflicts in Ituri (DRC)
Joost Puijenbroek, An Ansoms

4. Governance of Urban Agricultural Space: Struggle for Land in Kinshasa (DRC)
Inge Wagemakers, Oracle Makangu Diki

5. In Quest of Legitimacy: Changes in Land Law and Legal Reform in Burundi
Dominik Kohlhagen

6. Sharing Scarcity: Issues of Land Tenure in South-east Rwanda
Margot Leegwater

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

Part II. Mineral Resources and Local Livelihoods in the Great Lakes Region

8. Local Livelihoods, Global Interests and the State in the Congolese Mining Sector
Sara Geenen

9. The New Gold Rush: Post-conflict Mining and Trading in the Kilo Belt (DRC)
Dan Fahey

10. Constraints, Opportunities and Hope: Artisanal Gold Mining and Trade in South Kivu (DRC)
Sara Geenen

11. Between Hammer and Anvil: The Predicament of Artisanal Miners in Katanga
Jeroen Cuvelier

12. Triangular Arm Wrestling: Analysis and Revision of the Sino-Congolese Agreements
Stefaan Marysse, Sara Geenen

Keywords: Economics, Development Economics, Microeconomics, Urban Economics, Environmental Economics, Political Economy, Economic Growth