Engaged Graduate Student Grants
Good Land Governance in Post-Authoritarian Myanmar
Analyzing the complex politics of land in Myanmar and applying insights in collaboration with a local nonprofit that works with activists and the government towards solutions to land conflict.
Myanmar’s recent turn toward democracy offers new hope for millions of farmers who lost their land during decades of authoritarian rule. But adjudicating land disputes has proven difficult, with only a small percentage of farmers receiving compensation. Hilary Faxon is analyzing the complex politics of land in Myanmar and applying insights in collaboration with a local nonprofit that works with activists and the government towards solutions to land conflict.
Topics: Access, Equity and Justice; Food and Agriculture; Law, Government and Policy
The Team
- Graduate student: Hilary Faxon, development sociology
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Special committee chair:
Wendy Wolford, Department of Global Development
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Community partner: Land Core Group
In the News
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
Learning Feminism from Myanmar’s Women Farmers
– Oxford Tea Circle, a Burma Studies blog