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  1. Library Resource
    Understanding and Addressing Corruption in the Land Sector

    Written Submission to UNAC COSP10

    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 2023
    Global

    Land corruption – corrupt practices in the land sector – threatens the lives and livelihoods of people and communities, the environment and climate, food security and political stability. Its impacts are particularly acute for 2.5 billion people who live on and from the land. Addressing it requires a dedicated focus and assessment of land related institutions across different national contexts.

  2. Library Resource
    Fair Transitions and the Politics of Land.

    Institutions and Imaginaries for Inclusive Futures

    Conference Papers & Reports
    October, 2023
    Global

    Questions about how land is governed and controlled in the context of multiple crises are key to debates about fair transitions. The energy transition, net-zero ambitions, nature protection, and food system transformation all involve claims on land, water, and forests. How these claims are framed, analysed, and governed, how access to land is organised, and who gets a seat at the table to discuss key decisions are questions of urgent concern from both a fair transitions perspective and a land governance perspective. Key note speaker Prof.

  3. Library Resource
    Conférence sur la politique foncière en Afrique (CPFA), 2021- Appel à l’action
    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 2021
    Africa

    Le Centre africain pour les politiques foncières, qui procède d’une initiative conjointe de la Commission de l’Union africaine (CUA), de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) et de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), organise tous les deux ans la seule conférence africaine multipartite sur les politiques foncières en Afrique. La conférence vient compléter d’autres initiatives en place telles que la Conférence annuelle de la Banque mondiale sur la terre et la pauvreté, notamment.

  4. Library Resource
    Conference on land policy in Africa 2021- A Call to Action
    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 2021
    Africa

    The African Land Policy Centre (ALPC), a joint initiative of the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), and the African Development Bank (AfDB) biennially convenes the only African, multi-stakeholder conference on land policy in Africa. The Conference complements existing initiatives such as the annual World Bank Land and Poverty Conference, among others.

  5. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    August, 2022
    Angola

    Apresentação feita durante a Conferência Episcopal de Angola e São Tomé. Inclui explicações sobre a classificação de terrenos em Angola, o significado de terra na legislação fundiária e na cultura angolana, a matrix de governança de terras, os desafios para a proteção de territórios tradicionais, entre outros temas. Apresentação feita por Bernardo Castro.

  6. Library Resource

    SÍNTESIS DEL INFORME CON LOS HALLAZGOS Y MENSAJES PRINCIPALES - DIÁLOGO INDEPENDIENTE REGIONAL DE LA CUMBRE SOBRE LOS SISTEMAS ALIMENTARIOS 2021

    Conference Papers & Reports
    July, 2021
    Latin America and the Caribbean

    Este documento resume las propuestas de 75 personas, 50 mujeres y 25 hombres, representantes de organizaciones de la agricultura familiar, organizaciones campesinas e indígenas, movimientos por la agroecología, organismos de Naciones Unidas, ONG locales e internacionales; organizaciones de zonas urbanas y rurales, y universidades.

  7. Library Resource
    Equity @resourceequity-womens-land-conference-2015
    Conference Papers & Reports
    March, 2015
    Philippines

    This paper was prepared for presentation at the “2015 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty” in Washington DC last March 23-27, 2015 by Violeta P. Corral of the National Confederation of Small Farmers and Fishers Organizations (PAKISAMA), Philippines.


    The Gender Evaluation Criteria (GEC) project was jointly implemented by PAKISAMA and Asian Farmers Association (AFA), support by the International Land Coalition (ILC).


  8. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 2019

    An important part of a land administration system that is aimed at constantly reflecting the current right holders of the land and supporting the real estate market, is the system behind the registration of rights, restrictions and responsibilities. Over time the way land transactions have been evidenced, moved from oral agreements, via private conveyancing to registration of deeds, and ultimately registration of title (Larsson 1991).

  9. Library Resource
    GT
    Conference Papers & Reports
    May, 2017
    Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Brazil
    O presente artigo é parte de um projeto de pesquisa maior, com apoio do Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID), a Universidade de Campinas (UNICAMP), por meio do Grupo de Governança de Terras (GGT), e com apoio da equipe de pesquisa da Toledo e Associados (T&A). Temos como objetivo analisar os Planos Diretores e o zoneamento determinado por eles e como eles a influenciam as escolhas da população ao se estabelecerem em área irregulares na Região Metropolitana de Campinas (RMC).
  10. Library Resource
    GT
    Conference Papers & Reports
    March, 2015
    Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Brazil

    From colonial to modern times, Brazilian agricultural property has remained immersed in a chaotic vortex of deregulation. Attempts of institutional reform - such as the Lei de Terras (Land Law) of 1850 - have been largely unsuccessful, whilst providing legal grounds for land grab by large estates and narrowing the scope of possibilities open for legitimate reevaluations of the first institutional landmark on land use and ownership in the country - the sesmarias.

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