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  1. Library Resource
    Lessons from the European Union Land Governance Programme

    Lessons from the European Union Land Governance Programme

    Reports & Research
    July, 2023
    Global

    The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) and the Framework and Guidelines on Land Policy in Africa (F&G) are important international and continental instruments for improving the governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests for improved food security and nutrition. They are useful for dealing with the many tenure challenges confronting developing countries and set the standards and frameworks for improvement.

  2. Library Resource
    Arab women land rights
    Reports & Research
    February, 2023
    Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates

    There is a correlation between socio-economic development, human rights and the empowerment of men and women to participate at all levels of decision making. Secure land rights are an important precondition for the achievement of these goals, including and the realisation of a broad spectrum of human rights: adequate housing, equality, food, health, work and education.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    March, 2019
    Global

    This report uses unique household survey data from 24,870 respondents in 33 countries in Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia to investigate correlations between demographic, economic and spatial characteristics and perceived tenure insecurity.

  4. Library Resource
    Land certification in Madagascar
    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 2014
    Madagascar

    Two major innovations have inter alia emerged from the land reform in Madagascar: (i)

    decentralised land management through the creation of local land offices, and (ii)

    certification, which enables individuals to register private property provided the community

    agrees on the legitimacy of the claimed rights.

    Despite the political crisis and the withdrawal of international aid during this period (2009 -

    2013), new local land offices have been created, and now cover a third of the country’s

  5. Library Resource
    VGGT data story 10 year anniversary
    Reports & Research
    October, 2022
    Sierra Leone, Colombia, Global

    This is the PDF version of an online data story about the impacts of the VGGT, published by Land Portal on 4 October 2022.

  6. Library Resource
    Document aggregated from Resource Equity Landwise Database
    Reports & Research
    January, 2021
    Kenya

    The findings of this study demonstrate that the despite the bouquet of land laws and other land reforms that have been put in place to make it easier for women to access land rights, both the formal and informal systems remain fraught with multiple extra-legal obstacles in the form of personal (family) security, social acceptance, economic empowerment, and land rights literacy, which hinders women’s’ realisation to women’s lands rights.

  7. Library Resource
    Attasit saentep / Shutterstock
    Reports & Research
    April, 2022
    Global

    An options paper for raising awareness on responsible land governance for combatting desertification, land degradation, and drought.

  8. Library Resource

    A Practical Guide for Country-Level Intervention

    Reports & Research
    December, 2021
    Uganda, Philippines

    Land use planning is rarely a neutral process. Stakeholders often use it to control access to, ownership
    of and use of land. It is therefore essential to have a participatory tool (with constantly counterchecked processes) and flexible monitoring approaches to ensure sustainable land use and secure
    land tenure. The Practical Guide presents a unique approach to simultaneously addressing land
    use and tenure security challenges at the country level. The information and processes presented

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