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Struggle continues for landless Brazilians
4 May 2022
Though a moratorium on evictions has been extended in Brazil, families still face forced removals. Activists are fighting for the right to land amid increasing precarity. The Brazilian Federal Supreme Court extended the moratorium on evictions on the day of its expiry to 30 June. This is the…
Lucrative Tashkent Land Plot Sold To Relative Close To Uzbek President
13 April 2022
Main photo: Uzbek Prezident Shavkat Mirziyoev (center) with oligarch Bakhtiyor Fazylov (right). A lucrative plot of Tashkent land belonging to a major Uzbek steel plant has been sold to a company close to President Shavkat Mirziyoev’s son-in-law, at a fraction of its market value, documents showed…
China’s developers bid more for land, betting supportive measures will revive property market
12 April 2022
The premium on parcels of land in eight major cities that completed their first round of auctions for the year was up from 2021 Most of the winning bids in the latest auctions have come from state-owned developers Main photo: Land in China can only be sold three times a year, according to a…
Projects
Strengthening Urban Resilience for Growth with Equity: Philippines
Duration: January 2015 - January 2020
Value: $47,800,000.00
Donors: United States Agency for International Development
With wealth concentrated in Metro Manila and a few other primary cities, secondary and tertiary cities must elevate their role in spreading economic development. The Strengthening Urban Resilience for Growth with Equity (SURGE) Project is a five-year, $47.8 million project, which fosters the develop
KISIP (Kenya Informal Settlements
Duration: January 2011 - January 2016
Donors: Agence Française de Développement
Support to the implementation of the Land Registration and Land Information System (GLIS); preparation of a law to enable the establishment of GLIS; modernization and reorganisation of the main agencies involved in land administration
Private Sector/MSME Competitiveness
Duration: December 2005 - July 2018
Value: $42,100,000.00
Donors: World Bank Group
The project objective is to create sustainable conditions for enterprise creation and growth. land tenure activities include: (i) Convert old survey and mapping data to fit the new geodetic surveying infrastructure, and awareness-raising of the professionals about using the new system; (ii) Impleme
Urban Planning
Duration: January 2008 - January 2012
Donors: Agence Française de Développement
The land issue is analyzed as a root of conflict and suggestions for policy reforms for the rural sector are formulated through a process of dialogue and social participation
Swarna Pragati
Duration: November 2015 - January 2020
Value: $2,600,000.00
Donors: Omidyar Network
Swarna Pragati is India’s first affordable rural housing microfinance company and aspires to build a society where everyone has a house in which to live with dignity. The organization aims to be the preferred provider of innovative financial solutions for housing in India, particularly to low-income
Sir Ratan Tata Trust
Duration: April 2018 - April 2019
Value: $1,700,000.00
Donors: Omidyar Network
Omidyar Network partnered with Tata Trusts to map the Odisha slum’s informal settlements and to identify 100,0000 households eligible to benefit from the recent Odisha Land Rights to Slum Dwellers Act, which aims to identify, map, and issue titles for parcels of land currently occupied by slum house
Breaking with prejudices: citizenship, innovation, and informalities in urban Africa
19 April 2022
This What to Read digest introduces three recent articles that take a different view on urban Africa. The publications refer to innovative ways to secure tenure in cities, obstacles to urban agriculture, and bring insights into the agency and opportunities of urban refugees.
Sharing and Exchange: The Land Information Ecosystem in the Arab region
16 February 2021
Download the summary report of this webinar here This webinar was organized in the frame of the 2nd Arab Land Conference. It is widely understood that effective use of land, the sustainable production of food and development are linked. Yet, creating effective policy, which takes into account…
