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Improving Land Sector Governance in the Philippines

Implementation of the Land Governance Assessment Framework

Reports & Research
August, 2013
Philippines
land governance
land reform
land use
land rights
land access
monitoring
Land is considered a vital resource for any nation. It serves as the platform for carrying out

social, cultural and economic activities. Access to land is an important means for promoting

growth and equity and achieving social justice in many countries. The process by which

decisions are made regarding access to and use of land, the manner in which those decisions are

implemented and the way that conflicting interests in land are reconciled are crucial in

determining whether the country has what it takes to derive the desired benefits from this
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VGGT: Contribution of the Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF) to integrating Voluntary Guidelines principles in country level action plans

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2014
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
agriculture
fisheries
forestry
land governance
land rights
land tenure
tenure security
sustainable development
VGGT
The “Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests in the Context of National Food Security” (VGGT), endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) in 2012, set out principles and internationally accepted standards for responsible practices and is the first comprehensive intergovernmental global instrument on tenure and its administration.
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Securing Africa’s land for shared prosperity: a program to scale up reforms and investments

January, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land
scale
climate change
land tenure
land rights
poverty
agriculture
capacity development
Based on worldwide experience and encouraging evidence from country pilots in African countries such as Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania,and Uganda, this new report suggests a series of ten steps that may help to revolutionise agricultural production and eradicate poverty in Africa. These steps include improving tenure security over individual and communal lands, increasing land access and tenure for poor and vulnerable families, resolving land disputes, managing better public land, and increasing efficiency and transparency in land administration services.
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Climate change and water resources planning, development and management in Zimbabwe

January, 2014
Zimbabwe
Land, Climate Change & Environment
development
climate change
Water is central to the Zimbabwean economy, people's livelihoods and their social well-being; its availability and reliability is a function of highly variable climatic conditions. Irrigated agriculture is the major water using sector while rain fed agriculture depends on reliable rainfall.
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World Bank Group: Access to Land is Critical for the Poor

Reports & Research
April, 2013
Myanmar
Forest Tenure
land governance
land grabbing
land tenure
forestry
land rights
land tenure systems
WASHINGTON, April 8, 2013 – As the Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty convened this week in Washington, DC, The World Bank Group issued the following statement:

"By 2050, the world will have two billion more people to feed. To do that, global agricultural production will need to increase by 70 percent. That calls for substantial new investment in agriculture-- in smallholders and large farms—from both the public and private sectors.
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Improving land sector governance in Vietnam (draft report): Implementation of Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF)

Reports & Research
December, 2013
Vietnam
land
This document represents the country report for Vietnam’s national LGAF Study. This Study was undertaken by team of national experts, with support from the World Bank, and in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) in 2013.
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Growing Africa

Unlocking the Potential of Agribusiness

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
March, 2013
Kenya, Burkina Faso, Zambia, Ghana, Senegal, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
agriculture
capacity development
climate change
contract farming
farmers
fisheries
food security
forestry
land management
property rights
rural areas
sustainable development
transaction costs
This report highlights the great potential of the agribusiness sector in Africa by drawing on experience in Africa as well as other regions. The evidence demonstrates that good policies, a conducive business environment, and strategic support from governments can help agribusiness reach its potential. Africa is now at a crossroads, from which it can take concrete steps to realize its potential or continue to lose competitiveness, missing a major opportunity for increased growth, employment, and food security. The report pursues several lines of analysis.
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Gender Dimensions in Nigerian Agriculture

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2013
Nigeria, Africa
Land & Food Security
agriculture
farmers
farmland
food security
land access
land rights
land tenure
rural areas
transaction costs
With a fast growing population requiring an ever growing supply of food, a national poverty rate of 63 percent, and a labor force that is dominated by agricultural work, Nigeria's efforts to boost agricultural productivity could not be better timed. Though women constitute a large share of the agricultural labor force in Nigeria, little is known about their activities, roles, and constraints in the sector.
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Explaining Gender Differentials in Agricultural Production in Nigeria

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2013
Nigeria, Africa
agriculture
land tenure
Nigeria presents a unique case study on differences in agricultural productivity between men and women. This study, which captures a comprehensive picture of agriculture across the nation, shows that female farmers produce 16 percent less per hectare than their male counterparts, when plot size, farmer characteristics, and inputs are taken into account. This gender gap is driven by the North East and Central zones located in the Northern region of the country, where female farmers are 28 percent less productive than male farmers.
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High-Speed Rail, Regional Economics, and Urban Development in China

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2013
China, Eastern Asia, Oceania
land use
Traditional economic evaluations of major transport infrastructure investments focus on the direct costs and benefits arising from travel, including user time savings, operator cost savings, and reductions in externalities including air pollution, noise, and accidents. There is an emerging consensus that major transport investments may have significant impacts that are not well captured by this type of conventional cost-benefit analysis.