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Growing the Field

A Collaborative Approach to Change

Reports & Research
January, 2023
Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Senegal, Colombia, Asia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Global
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
rights in divorce
land governance
land inheritance rights
climate change
land rights
community land rights
smallholders
youth
women
Land rights are ascendant across the development sector. Movements addressing women’s empowerment, poverty, social justice, food security and climate change are all increasingly turning to land rights to strengthen their cause. In 2022, renowned philanthropist MacKenzie Scott joined these efforts by making an unprecedented $20 million investment in our work. Ms. Scott’s generous gift represents a profound endorsement of the power of land rights to improve the lives of women, men, and communities around the world.
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Shifting Cultivation in Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal: Weighing Government Policies against Customary Tenure and Institutions

Reports & Research
July, 2015
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land governance
land policies
climate change
deforestation
farmland
indigenous peoples' lands
agriculture
sustainable land use
community land rights
Indigenous Peoples
Shifting cultivation is a dominant form of farming in the eastern Himalayas, practised by a diverse group of indigenous people from the most marginalized social and economic groups. The survival of these indigenous people and the survival of their forests are inextricably linked. However, policy makers and natural resource managers perceive shifting cultivation to be wasteful, destructive to forests, and unsustainable.
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Capital accumulation, land productivity and agrarian structure in Bangladesh agriculture

Reports & Research
December, 2015
Bangladesh
Land & Investments
agrarian structure
agriculture
land
land productivity
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Conceptual issues relted to classification of land tenure systems in Bangladesh

Reports & Research
January, 1978
Bangladesh
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land law
land ownership
land tenure
land tenure
land tenure systems
Census, surveys and research studies conventionally identify three tenure classes -owner-operators, part-tenants and tenants - in Bangladesh. Some sources identify two more classes-part-operators and absentee owners. Conceptual deficiencies of these 3 or 5 type tenure classifications are discussed and alternative conceptual framework is suggested for identifying and classifying tenure relationship. Applying the suggested framework, 17 different tenure relations were identified in a sample of 385 farms.
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Land reform in Bangladesh

Reports & Research
January, 1978
Bangladesh
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land policies
land reform
land tenure
land tenure
land tenure systems
Critically reviews land reform measures adopted since the early 1950s, their impact and limitations.
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Land problems and policy

Reports & Research
January, 1978
Bangladesh
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land policies
land reform
land tenure
land tenure
land tenure systems
Discuss land tenure related problems, their impact on productivity, equity, policies pursued for reforming the system, their limitations, and suggests alternative policy measures.
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Upholding Land Rights amidst the Land Rush

Reports & Research
January, 2018
Asia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Bangladesh, India, Nepal
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
agriculture
land grabbing
land policies
land rights
This publication discusses the relevance to land and agriculture of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP BHR), and provides an overview of the state of the UNGP BHR’s implementation in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, and the Philippines. While significant efforts were undertaken by human rights institutions and CSOs to promote UNGP BHR, this book outlines areas of action at country and regional levels to mainstream UNGP BHR.
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In Defense of Land Rights: A Monitoring Report on Land Conflicts in Six Asian Countries

Reports & Research
January, 2019
Asia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Bangladesh, India, Nepal
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land access
land dispute
land policies
land reform
land rights
local communities
Monitoring reports were prepared in six Asian countries to understand the nature, causes, and impacts of land and resource conflicts, and to highlight the human rights issues intertwined with them. This publication likewise provides an overview of some of the available conflict response and resolution mechanisms in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, and the Philippines, and outlines recommended actions for addressing land conflicts.
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Women and Land in the Muslim World

Pathways to increase access to land for the realization of development, peace and human rights

Reports & Research
February, 2018
Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Niger, Senegal, Indonesia, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Global
Land & Gender
displacement
gender equity in access to land
housing rights
Islamic law
land access
land inheritance rights
land rights
legal empowerment
sustainable development
women
This publication provides practical and evidence-based guidance on how to improve women’s access to land as an essential element to achieve social and economic development and enjoyment of human rights, peace and stability in the specific context of the Muslim world. The challenges faced by women living in Muslim contexts do not substantially differ from those faced by women in other parts of the world: socially prescribed gender roles, unequal power dynamics, discriminatory family practices, unequal access to justice are the most common.
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Study on vulnerable land owners selection in Bangladesh

Manuals & Guidelines
Reports & Research
December, 2014
Bangladesh
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
advocacy
capacity development
land policies
research
Uttaran in partnership with Manusher Jonno Foundation and CARE has been implementing SALE (Sustainable Access to Land Equality) project funded by European union in three upazilas of Bangladesh. The development goal of this project is to strengthen access to land and property rights for all citizens, especially the poorest segments. Mainly, the project intends to promotion of effective, transparent and accountable land governance practices towards access to equitable land and property rights for the poorest community.