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  1. Library Resource
    Realizing women’s land rights in Africa and Beyond

    A Webinar Report

    Reports & Research
    April, 2019
    Africa, Kenya, Mozambique, Senegal, India

    In October 2016, women farmers from 22 countries across Africa climbed the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro to claim women’s rights for access to and control over land and natural resources. This event coincided with the launch of a campaign of the African Land Policy Centre (ALPC) to reach the target of having 30 percent of all registered land in the name of women by 2025 and to embed women’s land rights into the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  2. Library Resource
    Legislation & Policies
    May, 2016
    South Africa

    The Committee met to deal with the two proposed amendments that had been made by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on the Expropriation Bill [B4B-2015]. The first amendment aimed to increase the number of days in which the municipal manager must inform the expropriating authority, in writing, of charges from 20 days to 30 days, if land which had been expropriated is subject to municipal rates.

  3. Library Resource
    Legislation & Policies
    October, 2015
    South Africa

    The Deputy Minister of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR), addressed the Committee on the motivation for the amendments to the Extension of security of tenure (land) Amendment Bill, saying the fundamental resolve was to overcome decades of hardship in South Africa. Its redress was not about obsolete political stories, but about the creation of just opportunities.

  4. Library Resource
    May, 2012
    Kenya

    This report examines the legal,
    administrative, and regulatory barriers that are preventing
    women in Kenya from contributing fully to the Kenyan
    economy. Building on the 2004 Foreign Investment and
    Advisory Service (FIAS) report, "Improving the
    Commercial Legal Framework and Removing Administrative and
    Regulatory Barriers to Investment," this study looks at
    the bureaucratic barriers facing women in Kenya through a

  5. Library Resource
    June, 2012

    Doing Business 2007: How to reform is
    the fourth in a series of annual reports investigating the
    regulations that enhance business activity and those that
    constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative
    indicators on business regulations and the protection of
    property rights that can be compared across 175
    economies-from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe-and over time. This
    publication points out how regulations affecting 10 areas of

  6. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Afghanistan

    This study examines the constraints on
    the housing sector in Afghanistan. It evaluates government
    policy on housing, looks at the state of housing finance,
    and examines legal and regulatory barriers with a bearing on
    the housing market. The report provides policy
    recommendations aimed at helping to develop a private-sector
    led housing market. To assist in formulating policies and
    implementing actions, the study recommends forming a housing

  7. Library Resource
    February, 2013

    Many key development outcomes depend on
    women's ability to negotiate favorable intrahousehold
    allocations of resources. Yet it has been difficult to
    clearly identify which policies can increase women's
    bargaining power and result in better outcomes. This paper
    reviews both the analytical frameworks and the empirical
    evidence on the importance of women's bargaining power.
    It argues that there is sufficient evidence from rigorous

  8. Library Resource
    April, 2014

    Knowledge exchange, or peer-to-peer
    learning, is a powerful way to share, replicate, and scale
    up what works in development. Development practitioners want
    to learn from the practical experience of others who have
    gone through, or are going through, similar challenges. They
    want to be connected to each other and have ready access to
    practical knowledge and solutions. When done right,
    knowledge exchange can build the capacity, confidence, and

  9. Library Resource
    January, 2016
    Honduras

    Honduras’ recent economic performance
    has been positive, especially taking into account the global
    economic context. Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth
    accelerated from 2.8 percent in 2013 to 3.1 percent in 2014
    and 3.6 percent in the first half of 2015. Growth has been
    supported by improved terms of trade, higher remittance
    inflows and export demand driven by the on-going recovery of
    the United States (US), and improved investor confidence.

  10. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    China

    This paper is motivated by the emphasis
    on secure property rights as a determinant of economic
    development in recent literature. The authors use village
    and household level information from about 800 villages
    throughout China to explore whether legal reform increased
    protection of land rights against unauthorized reallocation
    or expropriation with below-average compensation by the
    state. The analysis provides nation-wide evidence on a

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