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    Focus on Africa: Uganda Lesson Brief, Displaced Persons and Land Rights

    Reports & Research
    January, 2011
    Africa

    The following lesson brief examines the land issues confronting returnees as well as the IDPs who remain in the camps in Uganda. In 2005, between 2.1 million and 2.4 million people were displaced by conflicts in northern Uganda.

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    Focus on Africa: Uganda Lesson Brief, Women and Customary Land Rights

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2011
    Africa

    This lesson brief explores the struggles women face in benefiting from their customary rights. It is part of the Uganda module on the Focus on Africa: Land Tenure and Property Rights online educational tool.

  3. Library Resource

    Focus on Africa: Uganda Lesson Brief, The Compulsory Acquisition of Privately-Held Land by Government

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2011
    Africa

    This lesson brief focuses on four issues - compulsory acquisition uses; procedures for exercising this authority; compensation; and redress - which are central to balancing private land rights and compulsory land acquisition for public purposes.It is part of the Uganda module on the 

  4. Library Resource

    Focus on Africa: Uganda Lesson Brief, Land for Private Investors and Economic Development

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2011
    Africa

    This lesson brief examines the law and practice of allocating land in the protected estate for private investment. It is part of the Uganda module on the Focus on Africa: Land Tenure and Property Rights online educational tool. Private investors need land to conduct their business.

  5. Library Resource

    Focus on Land in Africa: Tanzania Lesson Brief, Village Land

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2011
    Africa

    This lesson brief looks at the history of customary land rights and examines the current conditions regarding Village Land and customary tenure arrangements in Tanzania.

  6. Library Resource

    Focus on Land in Africa: Tanzania Lesson Brief, Biofuels

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2011
    Africa

    This lesson brief explores alternative biofuel production schemes in Tanzania and their impacts on rural land rights and local livelihoods.

  7. Library Resource

    Focus on Land in Africa: Tanzania Lesson Brief, Wildlife Management Areas

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2011
    Africa

    This lesson brief explores the decentralization of wildlife user rights and their impact on local communities in Tanzania.

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    Focus on Africa: Kenya Lesson Brief, Group Ranches

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2011
    Africa

    This lesson brief follows the modernization of pastoral livestock production in Kenya. This lesson brief is part of the Focus on Africa: Land Tenure and Property Rights online educational tool. Rangelands and pastoralists in Kenya have received considerable attention from government.

  9. Library Resource

    Focus on Africa: Kenya Lesson Brief, Government Control of Private Land Use

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2011
    Africa

    This lesson brief looks at the government's control of private land use in Kenya. It is part of the Focus on Africa: Land Tenure and Property Rights online educational tool. Like other governments around the world, Kenya’s government has the authority to extinguish or restrict property rights over land and natural resources, including the authority to restrict the use of privately-held land for national and public interest purposes. Private land use restrictions have been used for environmental management and are increasingly being considered for biodiversity conservation purposes.

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