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10 May 2019
La aprobación y adopción de la Declaración sobre los Derechos de los Campesinos y Otras Personas que Trabajan en las Zonas Rurales representa un hecho histórico para el propio sistema internacional de derechos humanos, así como para las comunidades campesinas del mundo. Ha sido una lucha de más de…
The Road to Nairobi: The Land Portal Gathering Land Data Stakeholders for Data Workshop and Festival ()
7 May 2019
There is no doubt that the Data Revolution is upon us. Geo-spatial monitoring, citizen-generated and crowd-sourced data, almost ethereal and intangible concepts just a few years ago, are beginning to make their way into everyday lexicon. More data are being produced today than ever before, from a…
3 May 2019
Like many homeowners in the US, I have a pile of mortgage papers and the deed to our house cluttering my cabinets, and I don’t give them much thought. Likewise, renters have a lease document—usually kept in a folder somewhere—that formalizes their right to use and enjoy that dwelling.
Having a…
30 April 2019
On March 27, 2019, the Research Consortium hosted a happy hour at the 2019 World Bank Land and Poverty Conference. The event attracted a mix of attendees from the conference, including leaders in the field of land rights and land tenure security. The happy hour reception was a chance for the…
5 April 2019
Dear Land Portal users,
First and foremost, on behalf of the Land Portal team, thank you for your continued support. As you may be aware, in the past few months, we have taken on many new initiatives and have launched a variety of new products, including the State of Land Information Reports, the…
28 March 2019
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure is an internationally negotiated framework to improve land governance. For those working in the land sector, it is a framework which is referred to regularly. Perhaps this is because the VGGT comprises inputs from over 1000…
27 March 2019
Something exciting is around the corner! Our team is hard at work building a spatial platform, fit for the needs of everyday users! We want to be gone with polygons and spatial coordinates being reserved for experts. What we really want is for conversations around data to be inclusive. This…
26 March 2019
There is no doubt that we are living in the era of information. Availability of accurate and up to date information, including data, is critical to planning and management, for transparency and accountability. It can help inform learning and scale up good practices, as well as implementing policy…
25 March 2019
This week, more than 1,500 development professionals from around the world are gathering at the World Bank’s annual Land and Poverty Conference, discussing the latest research and innovations in policies and good practice on land governance.
Secure property rights and efficient land registration…
21 March 2019
As more aid money is channelled through development finance institutions (DFIs) that support private sector projects, public scrutiny of these institutions has increased.
Affected people have taken growing numbers of disputes to the DFIs’ complaint mechanisms. In a recent landmark judgment, the…
21 March 2019
Next week is the annual World Bank Land and Poverty Conference. This is one of the most important events of the year in the land rights sector. It’s a chance for a wide range of practitioners, researchers, and funders to connect and to learn more about each others’ work. It’s also a chance to step…
21 March 2019
By Deborah Espinosa and Patrick Gallagher, USAID’s Land Technology Solutions Program
Persistent and pervasive gender inequality is a global development challenge that constrains economic growth, educational opportunities, and health outcomes. It jeopardizes food security and undermines…