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  1. Library Resource
    Report about tracing coloured gemstone flows from Mozambique and Malawi to Asia
    Reports & Research
    November, 2021
    Malawi, Mozambique, Thailand, Sri Lanka

    This paper provides an overview of the supply chains and flows that run from the mines of northern Mozambique and Malawi, to the international trade hubs of Sri Lanka and Thailand. Analysis of the political and economic environment in which mining and trading take place gives a contextual understanding of gemstone flows both within and out of the region as well as the various actors involved.

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  2. Library Resource
    Nepal Development Update : Harnessing Export Potential for a Green, Inclusive, and Resilient Recover
    Reports & Research
    April, 2021
    Nepal

    The Nepal Development Update is produced annually with two main aims: to report on key economic developments over the preceding months, placing them in a longer term and global perspective; and to examine (in the Special Focus section) topics of particular policy significance. The Update is intended for a wide audience including policymakers, business leaders, the community of analysts and professionals engaged in economic debates, and the general public.

  3. Library Resource
    Compulsory Land Acquisition in Afghanistan: Does the Law Meet World Bank Standards on Involuntary Resettlement?
    Reports & Research
    May, 2019
    Afghanistan

    This paper examines how far Afghanistan’s Land Acquisition Law complies with standards required for World Bank financing of public interest projects that unavoidably extinguish or diminish existing land rights in the project area. For this purpose, the law was compared with standards laid down in World Bank ESS5 on Involuntary Settlement. Additional reference was made to ESS1 on social risk and impact assessment, and to ESS7, in regard to communities whose socio-culture and livelihoods rely distinctively and historically upon collectively-based tenure or land use.

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    Land, People, and the State in Afghanistan: 2002 - 2012
    Reports & Research
    February, 2013
    Afghanistan

    This paper reviews the formal treatment of land rights in Afghanistan over the post-Bonn decade (2002 - 2012). The objective is to document the developments in the recent past to better understand present and possible future trends.

  5. Library Resource
    The State Land Distribution System

    The State Land Distribution System Part 2 of a 3 Part Series

    Reports & Research
    March, 2015
    Afghanistan

    The second in a series of three reports entitled, “The Stolen Lands of Afghanistan and its People; The State Land Distribution System,” this report focuses on how state lands are distributed. This paper is the result of a desktop review and joint research by the UNAMA Rule of Law Unit (RoL) and the Civil Affairs Unit (CAU) in seven provinces—Kabul, Nangarhar, Kunduz, Balkh, Herat, Gardez, and Kandahar.

  6. Library Resource
    The Legal Framework

    The Legal Framework: Part 1 of a 3 Part Series

    Reports & Research
    August, 2014
    Afghanistan

    This report is the first in a series of three on issues related to theft of state and private lands by private individuals, armed groups, communities, the government and the state. This report, which provides the foundation for the subsequent reports, is issued separately and stands alone as a summary of the basic legal framework for land administration and management (A&M) in Afghanistan.

  7. Library Resource
     Pitfalls and Promise

    Afghanistan Human Development Report 2020

    Reports & Research
    March, 2020
    Afghanistan

    The extractive industry can be an important source of human development, economic growth, government revenues and foreign investments. When well-managed, the sector provides possibility to create employment, build human capital, advance peoples mobility by improving infrastructure, and ultimately enhance the overall human development with a positive impact on poverty reduction efforts.


  8. Library Resource
    Agricultural land acquisition by foreign investors in Pakistan

    Government policy and community responses

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    July, 2012
    Pakistan

    This paper explores the Pakistani government’s 2009 agricultural investment policy package — a response to increasing foreign investor interest in agricultural land — and considers the likely implications for local communities. By analysing the policy pertaining to the categories of cultivated and uncultivated land, the paper explores possible consequences that peasant farming communities and grazing communities face.

  9. Library Resource
    Drawbacks of land administration system in Bangladesh and some feasible solutions
    Journal Articles & Books
    August, 2015
    Bangladesh

    The land administration system in Bangladesh is not well-developed. It is beset with multiple defects and problems. It is corrupt, inefficient, and unreliable and inherently contains systematic weaknesses. Corruption has become a grave issue in this sector. A World Bank survey reveals that most crimes and corruptions in Bangladesh take place in land-related services. It has estimated that more than 3.2 million land-related cases are pending before the judiciary. A large number of the aggrieved persons is not empowered enough to approach the courts for litigation.

  10. Library Resource
    Issues in Ownership of Real Estate Sri Lanka
    Reports & Research
    December, 2008
    Sri Lanka

    The report answers the following questions:


    1. Is perpetual fee simple ownership of real property permitted? If not, what are the principal forms of ownership, or other principal form of ownership, of real property?


    2. What instruments are used to convey fee simple ownership, or other principal form of ownership, of real estate?


    3. How in this jurisdiction is the ownership of real property recorded or searched? Who generally performs the search? 


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