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Dispossession through land titling: Legal loopholes and shadow procedures to urbanized forestlands in the Yucatán Peninsula

Reports & Research
September, 2011
Mexico
Forest Tenure
Urban Tenure
land titling
urban forestry
urban land
land use
land grabbing
dispossession
community land rights
Under certain circumstances, land titling, property regime changes, and land‐use conversions yield substantial profits. Yet few people possess the wealth, knowledge, and networks to benefit from these procedures. In the Yucatán Peninsula, a region recently targeted as a prominent investment location by the Mexican national government (mainly with the “Tren Maya” megaproject) and the private capital, forestlands collectively owned as ejidos by Mayan peasants are on the trend to complete privatization.
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Chad - An Analysis of Constraints and Opportunities in the Development of the Agriculture Subsector

Reports & Research
January, 2022
Chad
spatial units
development
sustainable development
land policies
land investments
This Chad agriculture subsector review investigates the state of knowledge, key gaps and recent developments in relation to constraints to the sector and proposes policy actions and levers for future structural transformation of the sector. First, the report examines the opportunities for further development of the most important cash and staple crop value chains in Chad. Then it uses the latest open data and analytics available for Chad to better inform investment priorities for agriculture in the country.
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Plural Valuation of Land and Insights for Achieving Sustainable Outcomes in Large-Scale Land Acquisition Projects:

The Case of EcoEnergy Project in Bagamoyo District, Tanzania

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2021
Tanzania
Land & Investments
scale
land acquisitions
land investments
land valuation
Large-scale land acquisition projects by foreign investors, also known as “land grabbing,” raise difficult questions about the processes of valuing land in Sub-Saharan Africa that the current literature does not sufficiently explore. Land acquisitions can help developing countries like Tanzania achieve their economic and development goals. Nonetheless, it can also threaten local livelihoods and well-being due to displacement, lack of access to natural capital, and conflicts between land users.
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Mali : 2018 Article IV Consultation and Eighth and Ninth Reviews Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Mali

Conference Papers & Reports
May, 2018
Mali
land records
land register
land titling
sustainable development
land investments
This 2018 Article IV Consultation highlights that Mali’s economic recovery continued in 2017 amid persistent security challenges. GDP growth remained robust, at an estimated 5.3 percent supported by good harvests and robust domestic demand. Inflation was subdued, remaining well below the regional ceiling. The 2017 fiscal outturn and the 2018 budget are in line with the program targets and the goal of converging to the West African Economic and Monetary Union’s regional fiscal deficit norm of 3 percent of GDP by 2019.
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7 - Tools for Screening Prospective Investors - Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI): Knowledge into Action Notes series

Manuals & Guidelines
March, 2018
Global
Land & Investments
land administration
land governance
land use
land investments
foreign investment
land rights
local communities
extractive industries
This note is part of an Action Notes series and provides examples of tools that government agencies can adapt to their national context and use to develop the technical capacity to screen and select investors.
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6 - Screening Prospective Investors - Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI): Knowledge into Action Notes series

Manuals & Guidelines
March, 2018
Global
Land & Investments
land administration
land governance
land management
agricultural land management
land investments
land rights
local communities
This note is part of an Action Notes series and provides guidance to governments on how to screen and select prospective investment projects to ensure they maximize the social, economic, and environmental benefits while minimizing the risks. It provides investors information on what can be expected in cases of good screening practice.
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Safeguarding Human Rights Defenders: Practical Guidance for Investors

Manuals & Guidelines
April, 2020
Global
Land & Investments
land administration
land governance
land investments
land rights
tenure security
land rights activists
This publication provides institutional investors with practical guidance on how to prevent, mitigate, and address negative impacts on human rights defenders in investment portfolios.
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Tools to Support Transparency in Land Administration: Trainer's Guide

Manuals & Guidelines
March, 2013
Global
Land & Investments
land administration
land governance
corruption
land management
land use
land investments
land rights
local communities
This trainer's guide is complementary to this training toolkit. It is part of an approach that aims to sensitize government agents about land administration, develop their capacity to address issues of corruption and to enhance transparency in the land sector. It focuses specifically on land administration with a view to filling the capacity development gap in the land administration sector. Training content covers key themes clustered into different training sessions related to land governance, transparency, land administration and tools that could help bring about transparency.
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Toolkit on the Project Complaint Mechanism of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Manuals & Guidelines
December, 2014
Global
Land & Investments
land administration
land policies
land investments
land-based financing
local communities
The Project Compliance Mechanism (PCM) is the EBRD's accountability mechanism for the assessment and follow-up of complaints about project financed by the bank. The PCM is a grievance mechanism for civil society, local groups and individuals that may be directly and adversely affected by a bank project. It's purpose is to help identify when the EBRD or its client has not fulfilled the obligations defined in the bank's policies and to facilitate a problem-solving process with the EBRD's client.
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Accountability Resource Guide: Tools for Redressing Human Rights & Environmental Abuses in International Finance and Development

Manuals & Guidelines
August, 2015
Global
Land & Investments
land administration
natural resources management
land deals
land rights
land contracts
local communities
extractive industries
This guide provides information for communities who are, or who may be, harmed by projects sponsored by financial institutions, development banks and private groups. It is intended to assist community leaders, lawyers, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in determining what rights communities have and how they may access accountability mechanisms when those rights have been or may be violated.

These tools may be used where a project has harmed communities or resources on which they depend or when there is fear of harm in the future.