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Understanding agricultural investment chains: Lessons to improve governance

Reports & Research
January, 2014
Global
Land & Investments
agriculture
land governance
land investments
land rights
land use
local communities
tenure security
sustainable development
This report draws on 10 case studies of recent large-scale land deals and aims to improve understanding of the investment chains that underpin the deals, and to identify ‘pressure points’ for effective public action to ensure that investments respond to local and national development agendas and promote inclusive sustainable development. The findings of this research demonstrate the wide scope for strategies to be targeted at diverse actors, by a wide range of players, to ensure that investments uphold the Voluntary Guidelines (VGGT).
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INTERNATIONAL SOFT-LAW INSTRUMENTS AND GLOBAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE: REFLECTIONS ON THE VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES ON THE RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE OF TENURE

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2017
Global
Land & Investments
VGGT
land policies
land use
land investments
land rights
land access
land tenure
local communities
extractive industries
This article reflects on the Tenure Guidelines as a tool for addressing resource governance challenges. It outlines the process through which the Tenure Guidelines were developed and reviews key features of their content, and then focuses on two issues: the legal significance of the VGGT, and the nature of initiatives to advance their implementation.
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LEGEND Land Policy Bulletin 14

Securing land rights at scale: eight lessons and guiding principles on land tenure regularisation

Policy Papers & Briefs
June, 2019
Africa, Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania
Land & Investments
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
land tenure
land tenure systems
tenure security
This bulletin focuses on land tenure regularisation (LTR), with articles from practitioners to accompany the new LEGEND report Securing land rights at scale: eight lessons and guiding principles on land tenure regularisation.
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Securing land rights at scale [executive summary]

Lessons and guiding principles from DFID land tenure regularisation and land sector support programmes

Reports & Research
June, 2019
Africa, Asia, Global
Land & Investments
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
land rights
land tenure
land tenure systems
This is the executive summary of the full report Securing land rights at scale. The report reflects on the experience of DFID land programmes which include LTR across six countries (Guyana, Rwanda, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Mozambique), drawing also wherever possible on relevant experiences of programmes driven by other donors.
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Securing land rights at scale

Lessons and guiding principles from DFID land tenure regularisation and land sector support programmes

Reports & Research
June, 2019
Africa, Asia, Global
Land & Investments
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
land rights
land tenure
land tenure systems
This report reflects on the experience of DFID land programmes which include LTR across six countries (Guyana, Rwanda, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Mozambique), drawing also on relevant experiences of programmes driven by other donors.
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Land registration in Amhara Region, Ethiopia

January, 2005
Ethiopia, Sub-Saharan Africa
land
land registration
land tenure
Assesses the process to establish a system of land registration and improve land tenure security, and its outcomes for poor and marginalised groups in Amhara, Ethiopia .The registration process is found to be generating conflict at the local level, due to illegal land grabbing, encroachments into common lands and land sales.
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Fuelling exclusion? The biofuels boom and poor people's access to land

January, 2008
Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Southern Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
food security
climate change
land use
land tenure
environment
land
rural development
The policy debate about the merits and demerits of biofuels is growing and changing rapidly, with concerns being voiced over their effectiveness for mitigating climate change, role in recent food price hikes and social environmental impacts. This study contributes to these debates through examining the current and likely future impacts of the increasing spread of biofuels on access to land in producer countries, particularly for poorer rural people. It draws on a literature review of evidence drawn from diverse contexts across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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Land rights under pressure: access to resources in southern Benin

January, 2001
Benin, Sub-Saharan Africa
land
contract farming
land rights
land tenure
Analyses the range of institutional arrangements being used for gaining access to land and natural resources in two regions of southern Benin.
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Land Registration in Eastern and Western Regions, Ghana

January, 2005
Ghana, Sub-Saharan Africa
land
land tenure
land registration
Assesses the process of rural land registration in Ghana and its outcomes for poor and marginalised groups.In Ghana, deeds registration has been in place since colonial times, and enables right holders to record their land transactions. However, very little rural land has actually been affected by this registration process. The research shows a general lack of awareness of the registration process among the majority of cash and food crop farmers. High monetary and transaction costs and a long and cumbersome process also constrain use of deeds registration.
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Land registration and women’s land rights in Amhara Region, Ethiopia

January, 2005
Ethiopia, Sub-Saharan Africa
Land & Gender
land
land tenure
land rights
land registration
women
Assesses the ongoing land registration process in the Amhara Region and its outcomes for women. The paper finds that while land policy and registration procedures aim to guarantee women’s access to land, practice on the ground suggests more needs to be done to support women’s rights in the implementation process.Land registration, initiated in 2003, stipulates that both spouses should be named on the certificate.