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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksFebruary, 2021Uganda
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Qualitative Impact Assessment - in Benin, Ethiopia, Madagascar and Uganda
Institutional & promotional materialsMay, 2023Ethiopia, Madagascar, Uganda, BeninThe Global Programme Responsible Land Policy (GPRLP), launched in November 2015, is based on the assumption that secure land rights can
➊ improve food security and foster investment,
➋ lead to sustainable land use,
➌ reduce conflicts and
➍ improve women’s access to land as well as that of marginalized groups. -
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Uganda: Land Inventory Protocol – A “FIT FOR PURPOSE” Solution Towards Secure Land Use and Ownership Rights
Institutional & promotional materialsJuly, 2023UgandaThe Global Programme 'Responsible Land Policy' (GPRLP) is part of the Special Initiative 'One World, No Hunger' of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), which aims to reduce extreme poverty and hunger.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksFebruary, 2019Uganda
textabstractImproving urban liveability and prosperity is commonly set as a priority in
urban development plans and policy around the world. Several annual
reports produced by international consulting firms, media, and global
agencies rank the liveability of cities based on a set of indicators, to
represent the quality of life in these cities. The higher is the ranking, the
more liveable is the city. In this paper, we argue that such quantitative
approaches to framing and addressing urban liveability challenges leave -
Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2017Uganda, Sub-Saharan Africa
This policy brief presents strengths and weaknesses of state and traditional land justice institutions in relation to access, costs and speed in concluding the process of resolving land cases. In the current legal and institutional framework, strengthening of the customary justice system would bring benefits. With 93% of land in the Northern and Eastern regions under customary tenure, the most important institution is the clan, yet clan rulings are most often ignored by a parallel state system.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2011Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Sub-Saharan Africa
Land distribution is highly skewed in Africa, where women’s ownership of land is a small percentage of that owned by men. Women frequently lack the resources to acquire land in their own right and are further disadvantaged by discriminatory inheritance laws, customary practices and market structures. This report summarizes presentations at the symposium on women’s rights and access to land.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2010Uganda
The marginalization of women with regard to property ownership has hampered efforts for poverty alleviation and the improvement of livelihoods. In Uganda, current institutionalization of land reform necessitates inquiry, to determine whether women’s status has changed under new provisions. The Succession Act makes some helpful provisions but also presents loopholes, which can be exploited by illegitimate claimants.
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Library ResourceRegulationsJanuary, 2004Uganda
THE REGISTRATION OF TITLES ACT
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Library ResourceRegulationsJanuary, 2004Uganda
THE LAND ACT, CAP 227 THE LAND REGULATIONS 2004 Form 35 MORTGAGE/PLEDGE* OF CUSTOMARY OWNERSHIP
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Library ResourceRegulationsMarch, 2011Uganda
PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING FOR A CERTIFICATE OF CUSTOMARY OWNERSHIP
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