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Targeted Study on the Role of Customary Land Formalization in Women’s Economic Empowerment

Reports & Research
May, 2022
Tanzania, Global
Land & Gender
land documentation
land rights
customary land rights
customary tenure
women
This report presents the results of a mixed-methods study on the role of customary land documentation in strengthening Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE). The overarching purpose was to help fill critical knowledge gaps on if and how strengthening women’s land rights via formalized customary land documentation affects their empowerment and economic growth, with a specific focus on women’s access to credit and other financial services, land investments and income opportunities.
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Targeted Study on the Role of Customary Land Formalization in Women's Economic Empowerment

Reports & Research
May, 2022
Tanzania
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land documentation
land rights
land tenure
customary land rights
women
This report presents the results of a mixed-methods study on the role of customary land documentation in strengthening Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE). The overarching purpose was to help fill critical knowledge gaps on if and how strengthening women’s land rights via formalized customary land documentation affects their empowerment and economic growth, with a specific focus on women’s access to credit and other financial services, land investments and income opportunities.
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LAND ADMINISTRATION TO NURTURE DEVELOPMENT (LAND)

PROTECTION OF PASTORALISTS' LAND RIGHTS: LESSONS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Reports & Research
December, 2013
Ethiopia
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land administration
land use
pastoral land rights
pastoral lands
pastoralists
rangelands
Protection of pastoralist land resources has taken on a new urgency in light of the rapidly expanding global and national demand for land and land-based natural resources for large-scale commercial agricultural production, conservation initiatives, and mining. These activities threaten pastoralist land use systems.
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Ethiopia—Strengthening Land Administration Program (ELAP)

Pastoral and Agro-pastoral Land Tenure and Administration Study A Consultancy Report

Reports & Research
September, 2012
Ethiopia
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land access
land administration
land rights
land tenure
pastoral lands
pastoralists
rangelands
tenure security
1 Background The Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Land Tenure and Administration Study (PALTAS) was launched because of the compelling need to identify and recommend policy that clarify and strengthen the land rights of pastoralists and agro-pastoralists and put in place appropriate administrative mechanisms to enforce their rights. It was designed to assess the land tenure problems in the pastoral and agro-pastoral areas of Oromia, SNNP, Gambella, Afar, and Somali regional states.
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Transformação Agrária em Moçambique

Conference Papers & Reports
October, 2015
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
advocacy
food security
land access
Oportunidades, Desafios, e Prioridades.
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A competitividade à luz da grande expansão de exploração de recursos naturais em Moçambique

Reports & Research
October, 2013
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
advocacy
land governance
mining
natural resources management
O objectivo deste estudo e desta missão é contribuir para a compreensão e ajudar no desenvolvimento de um consenso sobre as oportunidades e desafios colocados à competitividade e ao crescimento económico de Moçambique, como resultado da actual grande expansão de exploração de recursos naturais. A missão identificou a competitividade, os desafios e os problemas de crescimento, e preparou esboços de trabalho para futuras pesquisas sobre a competitividade e o crescimento em Moçambique, no contexto da potencial “Doença Holandesa”.
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Competitiveness in light of Mozambique’s resource boom

Reports & Research
October, 2013
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
advocacy
land governance
mining
natural resources management
The objective of this study and mission was to contribute to an understanding of and assist in developing consensus around the opportunities and challenges to Mozambique‟s economic competitiveness and growth as a result of the current resource boom. The mission identified competitiveness and growth challenges and issues, and prepared draft scopes of work for further research on competitiveness and growth in Mozambique in the context of potential “Dutch Disease”.
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Explosão emergente de recursos naturais em Moçambique

Expectativas, vulnerabilidade e políticas para uma gestão de sucesso

Reports & Research
September, 2012
Mozambique
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
advocacy
land governance
Moçambique está prestes a tornar-se num exportador de recursos naturais de classe mundial com projecções que indicam que o país vai registar um rápido e prolongado aumento de receitas provenientes de recursos minerais nas próximas décadas. Embora esta seja uma boa notícia para um país de baixos rendimentos, com uma proporção substancial da população abaixo da linha de pobreza, antecipa alguns problemas para a gestão económica no futuro.
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Legal Review of the Draft Legislation Enabling Recognition of Community Land Rights in Kenya

Kenya SECURE

Reports & Research
January, 2012
Kenya
local communities
common property
land governance
land policies
This document summarizes a legal and policy review of the Community Land Bill (Oct. 2011 draft), the Land Bill (5 Dec. 2011 draft), and the Land Registration Bill (12 Dec. 2011 draft) with respect to the recognition of community land rights. This review was commissioned by the USAID Kenya SECURE Project upon request of the Ministry of Lands and Land Reform Transformation Unit.
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Community Land Rights Recognition (CLRR) Model

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Kenya
Indigenous Peoples
pastoralists
land rights
common property
land governance
land policies
natural resources management
The Community Land Rights Recognition Model (CLRR) sequences specific actions to be undertaken by the Government of Kenya for the recognition of community land rights as stipulated by Article 63 of
the Kenyan Constitution 2010. This proposed process is a result of many months of consultation between
a team of Ministry of Lands officials, the SECURE Project (funded by USAID and implemented by Tetra
Tech ARD), four targeted pilot communities in Lamu County, local administration, and other stakeholders.