Investment in land administration projects is often considered key for agricultural productivity and rural development in developing countries. But the evidence on such interventions is remarkably mixed. This paper reviews the literature and discusses a number of challenges related to the analysis of the impacts of land administration programs, focusing on developing countries where the starting position is one of land administration systems based on the Napoleonic code, with existing individual rights that may be imperfect and insecure.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchOctober, 2018Global
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Library ResourceInstitutional & promotional materialsApril, 2012Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchFebruary, 1964Africa
Dans le document E/C.14/278, la Commission économique pour l'Afrique
fait utilement le point de la situation. La Commission économique pour l'Afrique pourrait utilement faire une étude comparée des expériences originales faites en Afrique.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsFebruary, 1964Africa
The paper focuses on provisional summary record of the sixteenth Meeting.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2018Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsSeptember, 2015South Africa
The preservation, development and sustainable use of agricultural land are of vital importance to ensure longterm food security in South Africa. These principles of food security as well as an integrated, inclusive rural economy underpin the core focus areas of the National Development Plan, Vision 2030 (NDP).
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2014Ethiopia
This paper presents a case study of land-use/land-cover (LULC) changes from 1975 to 2014 in the central highlands of Ethiopia and traces out its impact on socioeconomic conditions of the local community in the study area. We used four time series Landsat satellite images, that is, Landsat MSS (1975), Landsat Thematic Mapper (1986), Enhanced Thematic Mapper (2000), and Landsat 8 OLI scenes (2014), to investigate the changes in LULC.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJune, 2002Mozambique
Este artigo junta-se aos esforços de muitos outros africanos, entendendo-se por pobreza não só os níveis de rendimento por dia por pessoa, mas também a pobreza como ausência de poder nas relações intra-familiares, entre estas e os demais actores e entre a sociedade no seu todo e os recursos naturais de que se dispõe no Continente Africano.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1997South Africa, Lesotho, Africa
In preparing an investment project, development strategies and project components are defined and revisited during project formulation through a consultative process that often includes Socio-economic and Production Systems Studies. These studies are conducted to develop an appreciation of the situation in which the intended beneficiaries live, and their perceptions of their problems, needs and priorities.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2011Africa
Le PDDAA est un plan ambitieux de la Communauté des États africains, qui vise à revitaliser la politique agricole du continent et à faire de l'agriculture un instrument essentiel de croissance économique et de réduction de la pauvreté et de la faim. Les résultats obtenus par le PDDAA en termes d'amélioration de la visibilité de l'agriculture africaine au niveau international sont incontestables.
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