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Land Administration Review: Armenia

Reports & Research
October, 2001
Armenia
land administration
land information systems
cadastres
land register
land registration
land use mapping
rural development
land-use planning
land consolidation
land markets
land valuation
government
At its sixty-first session in September 2000, the ECE Committee on Human Settlements accepted the proposal of the Bureau of the Working Party on Land Administration to provide expert assistance to Armenia on land administration issues (ECE/HBP/119, annex I, programme element “Land registration and land markets”). Security of tenure is one of the most important factors in fighting poverty and stabilizing communities by improving housing conditions through housing investments, reducing social exclusion, improving access to urban services, environment and safety in urban areas.
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Bonne gouvernance et questions relatives à la gouvernance des ressources naturelles dans la sous-région des Caraïbes

Reports & Research
December, 2010
Antigua and Barbuda, France, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Belize, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Venezuela, Guyana, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Nicaragua, Spain, Grenada, Haiti, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Netherlands, Saint Lucia, India, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Americas
Land & Investments
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Urban Tenure
land consolidation
land administration
land economics
landlessness
land cover
land use
urban planning
land management
land registration
land markets
land-use planning
private ownership
property rights
land transfers
land tenure
urban areas
land improvement
agricultural land management
land policies
land
common lands
land governance
land rights
land access
land clearing
natural resources management
land reform
land ownership
Document de travail sur les régimes fonciers 17. Cet article identifie et analyse des questions relatives à la gouvernance des terres et apporte des exemples de bonne gouvernance de la sous-région des Caraïbes. Cette étude a été conduite en vue de l’initiative de la FAO sur les Directives Volontaires sur la gouvernance responsable de la tenure des terres et des autres ressources naturelles. Disponible en anglais
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Good Governance and Natural Resource Tenure in the Caribbean Subregion

Reports & Research
December, 2010
Americas, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, India, Spain, France, Netherlands
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Urban Tenure
VGGT
land administration
land registration
land governance
land policies
land reform
land-use planning
urban planning
land management
common lands
urban areas
land cover
land use
agricultural land management
land clearing
land consolidation
land improvement
land
natural resources management
land markets
land economics
land transfers
land rights
landlessness
land access
land tenure
land ownership
private ownership
property rights
Land Tenure Working Paper 17. This publication identifies and assesses issues related to land governance and provides examples of good governance in the Caribbean subregion. This working paper was done in light of FAO’s Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land and other Natural Resources.
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Réforme Agraire: Colonisation et coopératives agricoles 2000/2

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2000
Mozambique, Egypt, Vietnam, Asia, Africa
Land & Investments
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Urban Tenure
land consolidation
peri-urban agriculture
land registration
right of access
customary law
customary tenure
land use
urbanization
Indigenous Peoples
land transfers
private ownership
property rights
rangelands
land tenure
land policies
land
public ownership
common lands
land governance
land management
land markets
natural resources management
common property
land reform
land tenure systems
land ownership
indigenous people's tenure
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Réforme Agraire: Colonisation et coopératives agricoles 1999/1-2

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1999
Burkina Faso, Philippines, Central African Republic, Italy
Land & Investments
land consolidation
land registration
cadastres
right of access
farmers associations
leases
customary law
farmers
land use
research
collective ownership
poverty
rural development
land tenure
agricultural land management
land policies
land
land governance
land markets
private ownership
land reform
agrarian reform
land ownership
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Buena gobernanza y tenencia de los recursos naturales en la subregión del caribe

Reports & Research
December, 2010
Antigua and Barbuda, France, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Belize, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Venezuela, Guyana, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Nicaragua, Spain, Grenada, Haiti, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Netherlands, Saint Lucia, India, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Americas
Land & Investments
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Urban Tenure
land consolidation
land administration
land economics
landlessness
land cover
land use
urban planning
land management
land registration
land markets
land-use planning
private ownership
property rights
land transfers
land tenure
urban areas
land improvement
agricultural land management
land policies
land
common lands
land governance
land rights
land access
land clearing
natural resources management
land reform
land ownership
Documento de trabajo sobre la tenencia de la tierra 17. Este artículo identifica y analiza los aspectos relacionados con la gobernanza de la tierra y proporciona ejemplos de buena gobernanza en la subregión del Caribe. Este documento de trabajo se realizó en vista de las Directrices Voluntarias de la FAO sobre la gobernanza responsable en la tenencia de la tierra y otros recursos naturales. Disponible en inglés
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Overview of Rwanda’s Land Policy and Land Law and Key Challenges for Implementation: Briefing Document

Policy Papers & Briefs
February, 2003
Rwanda
land policies
land law
land registration
cadastres
land consolidation
land administration
The following document provides an overview of the land issues in Rwanda and the new Land
Policy and Land Law and identifies some of the key challenges for implementation, from the
perspective of the DFID appointed Land Policy Specialist to MINITERE.
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Wage Growth, Landholding, and Mechanization in Chinese Agriculture

January, 2015
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
agrarian structure
agriculture
farmers
farmland
land consolidation
land distribution
land management
land markets
land ownership
land registration
land rent
land rights
land use
property rights
rural areas
rural development
rural population
urbanization
This paper uses farm panel data from
China to examine the dynamics of land transactions, machine
investments, and the demand for machine services. Recently,
China's agriculture has experienced a large expansion
of machine rentals and machine services provided by
specialized agents, which has contributed to mechanization
of agricultural production. The empirical results show that
an increase in nonagricultural wage rates leads to expansion
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China Land Policy Reform for Sustainable Economic and Social Development : An Integrated Framework for Action

June, 2012
China
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
agriculture
capacity development
collective ownership
farmland
forest land
land administration
land consolidation
land management
land markets
land ownership
land registration
land rights
land tenure
land transfers
land use
land-use planning
landowners
property law
property rights
rural planning
urban areas
urbanization
China has undergone a profound economic and social transformation as it moves from a centrally-planned to a market-oriented economy. Land issues are implicated in this ongoing transformation in numerous important ways - as key factors in China's quest for economic growth, national food security and social stability; as important influences in the rapid growth of China's cities as well as the future of its agriculture; and as central features in local government finance and in the growth and stability of the financial and banking sector.
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Land Policy Dialogues : Addressing Urban-Rural Synergies in World Bank Facilitated Dialogues in the Last Decade

March, 2013
Global
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
agrarian reform
agriculture
decentralization
farmland
land administration
land consolidation
land distribution
land management
land markets
land ownership
land policies
land reform
land registration
land rights
land tenure
land titling
land transfers
land use
land-use planning
landowners
property rights
slums
squatters
sustainable development
transaction costs
urban areas
urban planning
urban population
urbanization
zoning
Land policy, administration and
management are areas of strong client demand for technical
advice and operational support. This review sought to help
the Bank better position itself to present coherent advice
on policy, institutional arrangements and practice. The
potential implications are a lowering of reputational risk
to the Bank; greater efficiency in the process including
joint data gathering; and building of greater momentum and