A new report from the World Bank suggests that Africa, which is home to half the world’s uncultivated land, can significantly reduce poverty, achieve rapid economic growth, and increase food security by improving land governance systems and strengthening land tenure and resource rights. “Land governance issues need to be front and center in Africa to maintain and better its surging growth and achieve its development promise,” says Frank Byamugisha, author of the report and lead land specialist in the World Bank’s Africa region.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchAugust, 2013Kenya, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ireland
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2002Mozambique
The poor in Mozambique survive off the land, but what would the consequences be if the land was privatised? This paper looks at how Mozambique is approaching issues surrounding land usage and ownership as market reforms take place and the land becomes increasingly susceptible to being opened up to the market.A historical background to the issue of land use and ownership in Africa is given, from colonisation to the impact of globalisation and the market in present day Africa.
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A review of the treatment of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in policies and projects
Reports & ResearchJanuary, 2011Cameroon"In this report, it is argued that national REDD readiness planning activities in Cameroon, including activities involving the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), lack effective actions to ensure the participation of indigenous peoples and local communities, miss solid data on the drivers of deforestation and gloss over critical land tenure, carbon rights and benefit sharing issues.
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Reports & ResearchJanuary, 2011Uganda -
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Gender Differences in Asset Rights in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2005Kenya
The right to own and inherit property is a crosscutting right that traverses the realm of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. This right is central to the true empowerment of everyone in society (men, women, boys and girls) and is a key developmental right. It is the common right to all societies and cultures. It is central to securing the dignity of all members of the society.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2002South Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2009Mali
This study by GTZ on behalf of BMZ about FDI in land has identified numerous problems that the Malian Government needs to tackle. Since 2007 foreign direct investments (FDI) in land have dramatically increased. Situated in West Africa, the Republic of Mali
covers an area of 1,241,238 km2. Of this in 2002, 35.2 % was designated arable land and 11.6 % was cultivated land. To date, FDI covers 130,105 ha of land. The study formulates recommendations to ensure that local communities derive the best possible benefits from FDI. -
Library ResourceReports & ResearchJanuary, 2009Madagascar
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Rapport de la mission FIDA-FAO
Reports & ResearchJanuary, 2011MadagascarThe evaluation report of FIDA and FAO summarizes the lessons learned from the land reform in Madagascar. Overall it comes to the conclusion, that the reform meets a genuine demand for a simplified, decentralized, accessible system to obtain security of land tenure, at least in a large number of communes and regions. But it also identifies difficulites and challenges to be met and formulates further recommendations.
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