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Protecting Land Tenure Security of Women in Ethiopia: Evidence from the Land Investment for Transformation Program

November, 2019
Ethiopia
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land rights
climate change
advocacy
women
land
property
eviction
water
For more than five years;Ardhi Yetu Programme through its partners (HAKIARDHI;Tanzania Natural Resources Forum (TNRF);and PAICODEO) has been working with communities to advocate for land rights;gender equality and climate change adaptation. AYP’s main goal is to ensure that national level advocacy;policy dialogues and campaigns are driven by community voices;actions and realities. This report documents individual and collective efforts by project beneficiaries;particularly women.
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Capital, labor, and gender: the consequences of large-scale land transactions on household labor allocation

May, 2019
Ethiopia
Land & Investments
scale
land transactions
land
women
parcels
grazing
livestock
water
migration
research
Contemporary large-scale land transactions (LSLTs), also called land grabs, are historically unprecedented in their scale and pace. They have provoked robust scholarly debates, yet studies of their gender-differentiated impacts remain more rare, particularly when it comes to how changes in control over land and resources affect women's labor, and thereby their livelihoods and well-being.
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Unlocking Ethiopia's Urban Land and Housing Markets

Reports & Research
October, 2019
Ethiopia
Urban Tenure
land governance
urban areas
urban land
migration
housing rights
urban population
Ethiopia’s rapidly growing urban centers are facing an unprecedented level of demand for urban land
and housing. How can Ethiopia supply urban land in an efficient and equitable fashion to accommodate
growing demand from industries and individuals for diverse uses? How can existing residents and
incoming migrants afford adequate shelter to survive and thrive in fast growing cities? The Ethiopia
Urban Land Supply and Affordable Housing Study aims to provide practical solutions to these
questions.
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New Times, New Opportunities: Grasping the future with the world's youngest population in the Sahel.

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2019
Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Algeria, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, South Sudan, Chad, Africa
Forest Landscape Restoration
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
gender equity in access to land
land restoration
migration
poverty
sustainable development
The support plan for the Sahel is a regional approach to collectively address the root causes of disruptions such as poverty, migration and youth unemployment, climate change, insecurity, governance and institutional issues in the region. In this report an overview of the current situation for each of the priority areas of the UN Support Plan is presented to demonstrate that the full implementation of the plan could utilize an existing momentum of development not seen in decades in the Sahel.
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Impact of large-scale investments on the livelihoods of small-holder farmers : policy brief

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2019
Zimbabwe, Sub-Saharan Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
displacement
land rights
smallholders
Government intervention and local level coordination of large-scale investment decisions are important components required for positive impacts on food security, nutrition and livelihoods of host communities. This policy brief reviews two case studies which illustrate the effects of foreign investment partnerships on local host communities and makes recommendations for improving government intervention at the provincial level
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Exploring the Nexus between Displacement and Land Administration: The Case of Rwanda

Volume 8 Issue 4

Peer-reviewed publication
April, 2019
Rwanda
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
land administration
displacement
In conflict situations, many people are displaced because of hostility and arms in the area. Displaced people are forced to leave behind their properties, and this in turn interrupts the relationship between people and their land. The emergency period in particular has been identified as a weak point in the humanitarian response to land issues in post-conflict situations.
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Land Corruption in Africa in 3 Topics

Reports & Research
September, 2019
Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Ghana
Land & Corruption
compulsory acquisitions
customary land rights
customary law
customary tenure
eviction
gender equity in access to land
land conflicts
land dispute
land dispute resolution
land inheritance rights
legal empowerment
marital property rights
women
From July 17 to August 7, 2019, the Land Portal Foundation, the African Land Policy Center, GIZ and Transparency International Chapters in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda co-facilitated the dialogue Land Corruption in Africa addressing the role of traditional leaders in customary land administration, forced evictions as a form of land corruption and its Impact on women’s land rights and an analysis of alternative dispute resolution systems in addressing land corruption.
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Secure Land Tenure Rights for All: Key Condition for Sustainable Development

Successful Approaches and Their Impacts

Policy Papers & Briefs
July, 2019
Africa, Ethiopia, Uganda, Namibia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Brazil, Peru, Asia, Cambodia, Laos, Eastern Europe, Global
cadastral administration
community land rights
customary tenure
displacement
eviction
gender equity in access to land
informal settlements
land registration
land rights
land tenure systems
private ownership
public ownership
tenure security
tenure regularization
The aim of this policy paper is to present successful approaches to secure land tenure rights in rural and urban areas. To support future programmatic decisions by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), this paper focusses especially on impacts and good practices. It discusses examples from the German technical cooperation but also includes good practices and impacts achieved by other development partners.
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Webinar Report: Land in Post-Conflict Settings

Reports & Research
June, 2019
Uganda, Myanmar, Global
Land in post-conflict settings
land administration
cadastral administration
land governance
post-conflict settings
customary law
environment
natural resources management
land acquisitions
compulsory acquisitions
land grabbing
displacement
dispossession
land conflicts
land dispute
customary land rights
customary tenure
Post-war societies not only have to deal with continuing unpeaceful relations but also land-related conflict legacies, farmland and forest degradation, heavily exploited natural resources, land mines, a destroyed infrastructure, as well as returning refugees and ex-combatants. In the aftermath of war, access to and control of land often remains a sensitive issue which may precipitate tensions and lead to a renewed destabilization of volatile post-conflict situations.
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Ouvrage/ Le foncier, entre propriété et expertise

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2019
Tunisia, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, Haiti, Lebanon, Europe, France
Land Conflicts
common property
informal property
land management
land policies
occupation
property
property law
Date: 13 mai 2019

Source: Foncier & Développement

Par: Gérard Chouquer

Gérard Chouquer publie un nouvel ouvrage aux Presses des Mines : « Le foncier, entre propriété et expertise »