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  1. Library Resource

    The urgency of securing community land rights in a turbulent world

    Reports & Research
    February, 2017
    Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, China, Indonesia, India

    Amid the realities of major political turbulence, there was growing recognition in 2016 that the land rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities are key to ensuring peace and prosperity, economic development, sound investment, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Despite equivocation by governments, a critical mass of influential investors and companies now recognize the market rationale for respecting community land rights.

  2. Library Resource
    August, 2015
    Africa, Western Africa

    Land and property rights, migration, and
    citizenship are complex issues that cut across all social,
    economic, and political spheres of West Africa. This paper
    provides an overarching scoping of the most pressing
    contemporary issues related to land, migration, and
    citizenship, including how they intersect in various
    contexts and locations in West Africa. The way issues are
    analytically framed captures structural challenges and sets

  3. Library Resource

    Empirical evidence from Ondo and Kano states

    Reports & Research
    January, 2014
    Nigeria

    In line with the conventional view that customary land rights impede agricultural development, the traditional tenure system in Nigeria has been perceived to obstruct the achievement of efficient development and agricultural transformation. This led to the Land Use Act (LUA) of 1978.

  4. Library Resource

    Land access and labor and income-generating opportunities

    Reports & Research
    January, 2013
    Ghana

    The gender and equity implications of land-related investments on land access and labour and income-generating opportunities A case study of selected agricultural Investments in LAO PDR (2013)

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