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Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons

Reports & Research
December, 2007
Angola, Timor-Leste, Rwanda, Iraq, Afghanistan, Burundi, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Pakistan, Colombia, Mozambique, Liberia, South Africa, Vietnam, Somalia, Italy, Cambodia, Sudan, Georgia, Uganda
land policies
property rights
land governance
land tenure
land rights
land access
private ownership
landowners
land ownership
The Pinheiro Principles provide restitution practitioners, as well as States and UN and others agencies, with a consolidated text relating to the legal, policy, procedural, institutional and technical implementation mechanisms for housing and property restitution. As such, the Principles provide specific policy guidance regarding how to ensure the right to housing and property restitution in practice and for the implementation of restitution laws, programmes and policies, based on existing international human rights, humanitarian, refugee and national standards.
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Improving tenure security for the poor in Africa: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda - Case Study

Reports & Research
December, 2006
Tanzania, Kenya, Egypt, Sudan, Uganda, Germany, Norway, Africa
property rights
customary law
land governance
land registration
land rights
land access
private ownership
land tenure
land ownership
This paper identifies the key issues of land tenure security for the rural poor, vulnerable and marginalized in the East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The report finds that most of these issues are common across the three countries, both in terms of the challenges that the communities face and imperatives that inform policy interventions and responses.
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Improving tenure security for the poor in Africa

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2006
Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Australia, Ghana, Malawi, Niger, Ethiopia, Rwanda, South Africa, Lesotho, Uganda, Somalia, Uruguay, Tanzania, Senegal, Sudan, Cameroon, Norway, Kenya, Africa
property rights
land registration
land rights
land access
rural development
private ownership
land tenure
landowners
land ownership
Most of the world’s poor work in the “informal economy” – outside of recognized and enforceable rules. Thus, even though most have assets of some kind, they have no way to document their possessions because they lack formal access to legally recognized tools such as deeds, contracts and permits.
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Towards improved land governance

Reports & Research
December, 2009
Angola, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Zambia, Mali, Burundi, China, Namibia, Eswatini, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Niger, Mozambique, Liberia, South Africa, Uganda, Madagascar, Tanzania, Sudan, Georgia, Kenya, Europe, Asia, Africa, Northern America
land policies
property rights
natural resources management
land governance
land tenure
land rights
land access
private ownership
land reform
land ownership
Land Tenure Working Paper 11. This co-publication of FAO and UN-HABITAT seeks to better understand and define the processes, mechanisms and institutions of governance of tenure in rural and urban areas. The paper recognises that excellent land policies, laws and technical reforms have been developed. However, in many cases their implementation has slipped, stalled or even been reversed. By adopting a governance and political economy perspective, the paper offers insights for the design of reforms and for the development of land governance tools.
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Land access in rural Africa:Strategies to fight gender inequality

Reports & Research
December, 2008
Algeria, Burkina Faso, United States of America, Kenya, Zambia, Burundi, Namibia, Ghana, Congo, Malawi, Niger, Rwanda, Morocco, Belgium, Uganda, Madagascar, Italy, Tunisia, Senegal, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
property rights
rural areas
land governance
land tenure
land access
private ownership
land ownership
In September 2008, the FAO-Dimitra project organised its third workshop with all its partners in Brussels, on the theme:“Information and communication strategies to fight gender inequality as regards land access and its consequences for rural populations in Africa”. This document presents a synthesis of the workshop’s activities as well as the different articles which were prepared for the workshop by the participants – the partners of the network and FAO colleagues.
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Réforme Agraire: Colonisation et coopératives agricoles 2000/2

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2000
Mozambique, Egypt, Vietnam, Asia, Africa
Land & Investments
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Urban Tenure
land consolidation
peri-urban agriculture
land registration
right of access
customary law
customary tenure
land use
urbanization
Indigenous Peoples
land transfers
private ownership
property rights
rangelands
land tenure
land policies
land
public ownership
common lands
land governance
land management
land markets
natural resources management
common property
land reform
land tenure systems
land ownership
indigenous people's tenure
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Till to tiller

Reports & Research
December, 2004
Egypt, Switzerland, Belgium, Dominican Republic, Mali, France, Mexico, Tonga, Ghana, United Kingdom, Cape Verde, Jordan, Morocco, Philippines, Lesotho, Turkey, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, India, Senegal, Gabon, Lebanon, Africa
property rights
land governance
land tenure
land access
private ownership
land ownership
It is increasingly recognised that migrants constitute an invaluable resource for development and poverty reduction in their home countries. For many developing countries, remittances from overseas migrants exceed development aid and foreign direct investment volumes. Moreover, remittances from migrant relatives, either internal or international, are often the main component of rural households’ incomes. Unlike aid, remittances flow directly to individual households and unlike loans they incur no debt.
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Gender and law: Women's rights in agriculture

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2002
Fiji, Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, Mali, Guatemala, Peru, Burkina Faso, Nepal, Philippines, South Africa, Nicaragua, Uganda, Italy, Tanzania, Tunisia, India, Paraguay, Mexico, Brazil, Kenya
property rights
rural population
land governance
private ownership
land tenure
land rights
right of access
natural resources management
land ownership
women
This study focuses on the gender dimension of agriculture-related legislation, examining the legal status of women in three key areas. The result is an analysis identifying the main legal and some non-legal factors that affect the existence and exercise of women’s agriculture-related rights.
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Réforme Agraire: Colonisation et coopératives agricoles 2002/2

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2002
Switzerland, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Bolivia, Guinea, Costa Rica, Niger, Mozambique, Philippines, South Africa, Nicaragua, Italy, Ecuador, Norway, Sudan, Mexico, Brazil, Asia, Africa, Americas
property rights
land governance
collective ownership
land tenure
land access
private ownership
common property
land reform
land ownership
The management of conflict over land and natural resources is a very broad issue and there is a growing literature on techniques that have potential for use in this field. At the moment, the Land Tenure Service of FAO’s Rural Development Division is working towards achieving a deeper understanding of the current methods and practices in land conflict management and is gathering cases from all over the world to ascertain the techniques used and the results achieved. This edition of Land Reform, Land Settlement and Cooperatives, prepared with the strong support of Ms A.