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   Assessing Best-Practice Environmental Management Options at the decision scale: a model for technology choice and policy analysis

   Reports & Research

   February, 2002

   Global

   Land Stakeholders & Institutions

   land management

   Management of environmental externalities of agricultural production has become a necessity to attain sustainable and efficient use of resources. Policies to promote externality mitigation are moving away from command and control toward industry self-management guided through best-practice guidelines and incentive structures. Assessment of such policies thus entails careful examination of options at operational and strategic levels to ensure optimal compliance at least cost.

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   Rural property tax systems in Central and Eastern Europe

   Journal Articles & Books

   December, 2002

   Global

   Indigenous & Community Land Rights

   Land Stakeholders & Institutions

   Socio-Economic & Institutional Context

   land policies

   land reform

   land tenure

   land tenure

   land tenure systems

   Rural property taxes can play a significant role in promoting sustainable rural livelihoods in transition countries in Central and Eastern Europe. The guide identifies issues that should be considered by those who are responsible for the technical design and implementation of rural property tax systems. It identifies the benefits and problems associated with the introduction of rural property taxes, the relationship to other taxes and organizational constraints, and provides a checklist for introducing reforms.

3. Library Resource

   

   The Emergence Of The Landless People’s Movement In SA

   A case study of the Tenure Security Co-ordinating Committee (TSCC)

   Reports & Research

   October, 2002

   Global, Africa, South Africa

   Indigenous & Community Land Rights

   Land & Food Security

   Land & Gender

   Land Conflicts

   Land Stakeholders & Institutions

   advocacy

   agrarian reform

   The new political dispensation in South Africa was the result of a political compromise, which depended on a crucial agreement to leave many of the existing power and wealth relationships intact. The advent of democracy in South Africa presented African people with long awaited political freedom but minimal social and economic liberation. The wealth was to remain in the hands of the few and any attempts by government to reverse the status quo was thwarted by the realities of the harsh global capitalist market system.

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   Toolkit and Guidance for Preventing and managing Land and Natural Resources Conflict - Land and Conflcit

   Manuals & Guidelines

   Training Resources & Tools

   December, 2002

   Global

   Land Conflicts

   Land Stakeholders & Institutions

   land rights

   land conflicts

   land dispute

   capacity building

   development agencies

   This guidance note provides a framework for understanding and addressing land and natural resource-related grievances and conflicts through a holistic, systematic approach. While the main emphasis is on violent conflict, it may also be useful in a variety of other situations characterized by significant land-related grievances, but which are not currently or openly violent. It is intended for staff of multilateral organisations, national and local governments, and civil society organisations.

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   Handbook on best practices,security of tenure and access to land: Implementation of the Habitat Agenda

   Manuals & Guidelines

   January, 2003

   Global

   Land Stakeholders & Institutions

   Urban Tenure

   land access

   land administration

   land management

   land tenure

   tenure security

   urbanization

   The Handbook on Best Practices, Security of Tenure and Access to Land--Implementation of the Habitat Agenda (2003) reviews material produced by UN Habitat partners up to and including 1999, in terms of the implementation of the Habitat Agenda. At the time of publishing, this document was the most comprehensive global overview of progress made in countries towards achieving the Habitat Agenda in the area of land tenure and land management/administration.