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Mekong Land Research Forum: Annual country reviews 2018-19

Policy Papers & Briefs
February, 2019
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Urban Tenure
compensation
concession (land)
encroachment
farmers
forest conservation
forest land
grassroots organizations
land acquisitions
land conflicts
land dispute
land dispute resolution
land distribution
land grabbing
land investments
land law
land markets
land registration
land rights activists
land transactions
landlessness
property rights
research
tenure security
state property
sustainable development
urbanization
waste (abuse)
The Annual Country Reviews reflect upon current land issues in the Mekong Region, and has been produced for researchers, practitioners and policy advocates operating in the field. Specialists have been selected from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam to briefly answer the following two questions:

1. What are the most pressing issues involving land governance in your country?

2. What are the most important issues for the researcher on land?
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Persistence and change in Hakha Chin land and resource tenure

A study on land dynamics in the periphery of Hakha

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2018
Myanmar
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
agriculture
customary tenure
farming systems
forest land
land
land tenure
land use
local communities
research
rural areas
urbanization
The research provides a holistic overview of the key changes that affected Northern Chin society from pre-colonial times up to now in villages close to Hakha town where State penetration was stronger than in more remote

areas. The study sheds light on the overlapping and evolving statutory and customary land systems and on the issues faced by contemporary Chin communities as they seek to govern land and natural resources.
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The City of Yangon Development Law - SLORC Law No. 11/90 (English)

Legislation & Policies
May, 1990
Myanmar
Urban Tenure
land policies
property rights
land-use planning
land governance
land administration
urban areas
urbanization
land rights
land law
land tenure systems
The State Law and Order Restoration Council -
The City of Yangon Development Law -
(The State Law and Order Restoration Council Law No. 11/90) -
The 6th Waning Day of Kason, 1352 M.E.
(14th May, 1990)
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THE CITY OF YANGON MUNICIPAL (AMENDMENT) ACT (1961)

Legislation & Policies
March, 1961
Myanmar
Urban Tenure
land policies
property rights
land-use planning
land governance
land administration
urban areas
urbanization
land rights
land law
land tenure systems
ACT NO. 1 OF 1961 THE 17th MARCH 1961
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THE CITY OF RANGOON MUNICIPAL (AMENDMENT) ACT (1960)

Legislation & Policies
November, 1959
Myanmar
Urban Tenure
land policies
property rights
land-use planning
land governance
land administration
urban areas
urbanization
land rights
land law
land tenure systems
ACT No. XXXI OF I960
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THE CITY OF YANGON MUNICIPAL (AMENDMENT) ACT (1958)

Legislation & Policies
March, 1958
Myanmar
Urban Tenure
land policies
property rights
land-use planning
land governance
land administration
urban areas
urbanization
land rights
land law
land tenure systems
Act No. XVII OF 1958 The 24th March 1958
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THE CITY OF RANGOON MUNICIPAL ACT (1922)

Legislation & Policies
August, 1922
Myanmar
Urban Tenure
land policies
property rights
land-use planning
land governance
land administration
urban areas
urbanization
land rights
land law
land tenure systems
[Burma Act VI, 1922]
[1 August, 1922]....."...1. This Act extends to the City of Rangoon [See clause (vii) of section 3 and Schedule VI] only:
Provided that the President of the Union may, by notification, extend this Act or any part to any
other local area in the Union of Burma....
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THE CITY OF RANGOON MUNICIPAL (AMENDMENT) ACT (1955)

Legislation & Policies
November, 1954
Myanmar
Urban Tenure
land policies
property rights
land-use planning
land governance
land administration
urban areas
urbanization
land rights
land law
land tenure systems
Act No XLI 1955
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The City of Mandalay Development Law - SPDC Law No. 8/2002 (English)

Legislation & Policies
November, 2002
Myanmar
Urban Tenure
land policies
property rights
land-use planning
land governance
land administration
urban areas
urbanization
land rights
land law
land tenure systems
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Country Partnership Framework for Myanmar for the Period FY15-17

November, 2015
Myanmar
Land & Corruption
capacity development
climate change
corruption
farmers
land degradation
land ownership
land reform
land rights
property rights
rural areas
rural development
urban areas
urbanization
The Country Partnership Framework (CPF)
will succeed the Myanmar interim strategy note (FY13-14) and
be the first full country strategy for Myanmar since 1984.
This CPF comes at a time of great opportunity for Myanmar;
over the three year period covered in this CPF, the reforms
initiated in 2011 have the potential to bring Myanmar into a
new era of peace and prosperity. Myanmar s history, ethnic
diversity, and geography combine into a unique set of