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This document presents a study on Islam and violence. After 9/11, many writers have posited that the relationship between Islam and violence is either elemental or anomalous. Khaleel Mohammed describes Islam as transcending the usual understanding of religion, being instead like a “sacred canopy” that provides meaning for every aspect of life. In addition, he shows that violence has both physical and psychological dimensions and expounds at length on jihad. He traces the term’s metamorphosis of meaning from a struggle in any worthy cause to war and to its present-day extension that include martyrdom and terrorism. Finally, he covers the dimensions of violence in Islamic law and institutional patriarchy.

Ce document présente une étude sur l’agriculture en contexte de crise liée au COVID-19. Cette étude s’inscrit dans le cadre du projet « Réduire les inégalités dans la chaine de valeur de l’huile d’olive » mis en œuvre par le FTDES en partenariat avec Oxfam, l’ATD, l’AFTURD et l’UGTT. Le projet a pour objectif d’améliorer les conditions de travail dans le secteur agricole et de réduire la vulnérabilité des petit(e)s agriculteur(trice)s, en inscrivant comme priorité dans l’agende politique le besoin d’organiser le travail saisonnier en respect des standards du travail décent et en plaidant pour une réduction des inégalités d’opportunités entre petit(e)s et grand(e)s exploitant(e)s agricoles. Ce présent rapport s’inscrit dans la phase de la recherche du projet qui a pour objectif d’identifier les recommandations permettant de réduire la vulnérabilité des petit(e)s exploitant(e)s agricoles grâce à des réformes adaptées aux besoins des acteurs de la chaine de valeur de l’huile d’olive et au contexte de la crise sanitaire liée au Covid-19

This document presents a book on Land Tenure, Gender and Globalisation. This book is a contribution to the literature on community and gendered experiences of globalisation. Anchored by four case studies located in the Amazon forests of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru (Porro), Cameroon (Endeley), Ghana (Awumbila and Tsikata) and Vietnam (Scott, Bélanger, Nguyen and Khuat), it tackles globalisation as an economic process with material consequences for land tenure systems, people’s livelihoods, and gender relations. Differences in orientation, approach, and position on some of the key issues of globalisation notwithstanding, the case studies together provide theoretical and empirical insights into some of the debates among academics, policy makers and activists.

This document presents an Issues and Experiences in Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation-Learning from change should be read by all development professionals, whether government officials, donors, academics, or others in civil society, who are concerned with improving performance to benefit the poor and powerless. It should inspire them to support pioneers of PM&E and to explore the potentials themselves. Those who ignore the themes and lessons of this book may be secure in their careers in the short term; and those in their fifties may even survive to a safe retirement. But they will be also be losers. For they will have missed not just the risks, but also the exhilaration and fulfilments of surfing a wave of the future. Learning from Change should be read by all development professionals, whether government officials, donors, academics, or others in civil society, who are concerned with improving performance to benefit the poor and powerless. It should inspire them to support pioneers of PM&E and to explore the potentials themselves. Those who ignore the themes and lessons of this book may be secure in their careers in the short term; and those in their fifties may even survive to a safe retirement. But they will be also be losers. For they will have missed not just the risks, but also the exhilaration and fulfilments of surfing a wave of the future.

This document presents a book on Private Sector and Enterprise Development. The book is aimed primarily at the policymaking, research and donor communities and other stakeholders involved in building capacity in PSD and SME policy development who are interested in the MENA region. The analysis in this book draws on PSD-related situation analyses and assessments carried out by a number of international organizations and researchers and attempts to bring together a comprehensive picture of the many factors affecting PSD in the MENA-12 countries and to provide a point-in-time snapshot of the context for PSD and SME development. It further outlines some of the major policy initiatives of the governments to support private sector activity.