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The Role of Changing Housing Policies in Housing Affordability and Accessibility in Developing Countries: The Case of Kenya.

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2020
Kenya
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
Land & Food Security
community land rights
land access
land administration
land conflicts
land governance
land information systems
land investments
land management
land ownership
land policies
land productivity
land reform
land rights
land tenure
land-use planning
tenure security
Rapid urbanization has led to the influx of people into urban areas as people seek better life opportunities This migration has however largely not been planned resulting in population explosions in the cities Relying on existing research on the topic and government reports this study finds that many middle and lowincome families in Kenya have ended up living in informal settlements in urban areas due to housing unaffordability The study further determines that the problem of housing is more pronounced in developing countries Studies related to this issue establish that the housing crisis c
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Good Practice Uganda - LIP

Uganda: Land Inventory Protocol – A “FIT FOR PURPOSE” Solution Towards Secure Land Use and Ownership Rights

Institutional & promotional materials
July, 2023
Uganda
Land & Investments
land administration
land documentation
systematic registration
land governance
rural planning
responsible investment
land rights
land access
land ownership
tenure security
The Global Programme 'Responsible Land Policy' (GPRLP) is part of the Special Initiative 'One World, No Hunger' of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), which aims to reduce extreme poverty and hunger.
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Transparency of Land-based Investments: Cameroon Country Snapshot

Transparency of Land-based Investments: Cameroon Country Snapshot

Reports & Research
March, 2021
Cameroon
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
land governance
land policies
land-use planning
natural resources management
land allocation
land investments
responsible investment
land rights
land tenure
local communities
New research by CCSI and the Centre pour l’Environnement et le Développement (CED) on transparency of land-based investment in Cameroon.

In the report, CCSI and CED find that:

Communities continue to be excluded from decision-making around investments.

The government pursues a top-down approach to concession allocation and remains reluctant to recognize all legitimate tenure rights.
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Transparency of Land Administration and the Role of Blockchain Technology, a Four-Dimensional Framework Analysis from the Ghanaian Land Perspective

Volume 9 Issue 12

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2020
Ghana
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
land administration
land tenure
land-use planning
land valuation
Existing studies on blockchain within land administration have focused mainly on replacing or complementing the technology for land registration and titling. This study explores the potential of using blockchain technology to enhance the transparency of all land administration processes using an integrative review methodology coupled with a framework analysis. This study draws on the Ghanaian land administration perspective to make this insightful. It appears possible to apply a permissionless public blockchain across all land administration processes.
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Unjust-Enrichment-Volume 2

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2007
Kenya
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
arable land
assessment
customary land rights
customary tenure
food security
gender equity in access to land
land
land access
land administration
land area
land classification
land conservation
land cover mapping
land governance
land grabbing
land investments
land management
land policies
land rights
land tenure
land use mapping
natural resources
rural development
sustainable development
women
The figures of public resources estimated to have been channeled into private pockets are so high one hopes, obviously against hope, that they would turn out to be typographical errors. The figures of public resources estimated to have been channeled into private pockets are so high one hopes, obviously against hope, that they would turn out to be typographical errors.
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Land tenure & Participatory Land Use Planning Assessment Report & Guide

Reports & Research
July, 2019
Sierra Leone
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
land dispute
land dispute resolution
land governance
land investments
land ownership
land rights
land tenure
land-use planning
Recording Land Ownership Claims and Land Use Rights information can strengthen land tenure rights, increase land productivity, and prevent future land disputes.
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Housing Policy as an Agenda for Elections 2017

Policy Papers & Briefs
June, 2017
Kenya
housing rights
land investments
urban areas
urban planning
This is a policy brief that is derived from a study to understand the dynamics and trends that inform the availability of housing demand and supply in Kenya. It finds that Kenya’s formal housing policy has a strong supply focus that shortchanges rural dwellers whose main challenge to adequate and good housing is based on demand constraints.
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Confrontation between Peasant Producers and Investors in Northern Zambezia, Mozambique, in the Context of Profit Pressures on European Investors

Reports & Research
April, 2012
Mozambique, Africa
Land & Investments
farmers
land investments
farmland
land distribution
tenure security
Examines cases of confrontation over land in Northern Zambezia, Mozambique. One large company withdrew rather than fight local peasants and take over land being used to grow food. But two other investors chose to push ahead, and have come into conflict with local peasant communities.
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Spatial Planning Land Use Management Act implementation; Rama and Riemvasmaak challenges: Department progress report; Committee Oversight Visit Report

Legislation & Policies
August, 2015
South Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land-use planning
land use
land reform
communal ownership
land
land administration
poverty
compensation
rural development
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DLDLR) provided a progress report on its interventions to address the challenges arising from the actions of the Rama Communal Property Association (CPA). The CPA had initiated some income generating activities on its land, which included a quarry business, and had started a museum and an entertainment centre that featured a cinema. In partnership with the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and private investors the CPA was in the process of developing houses on its land.
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THE REGULATION OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS DRAFT BILL, 2017

Legislation & Policies
National Policies
Other legal document
May, 2017
Africa, South Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
agricultural land management
compensation
expropriation
indigenous peoples' land rights
land distribution
Written submissions on the Regulation of Agricultural Land Holdings Draft Bill made to the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform