In 2013, a group of 20 expert advocates from across Africa gathered for a three-day symposium to share experiences and practical strategies for effectively supporting communities to protect their lands and natural resources. The symposium illuminated many similarities between the types of threats to communities’ land and natural resource claims, as well as underlying factors that drive and exacerbate the threats.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksFebruary, 2016Southern Africa
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Library ResourceMultimediaMarch, 2016Eastern Africa, Rwanda
Follow Rose, and see her impact, as she travels the Rwandan countryside educating communities about women’s rights to land.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMarch, 2016Eastern Africa, Ethiopia
On September 15, 2015, the World Bank announced US$600 million of financing for a new initiative in Ethiopia, Enhancing Shared Prosperity through Equitable Services (ESPES). Its purported aim, like its predecessor, the Promoting Basic Services (PBS) program, is expanding access to basic services such as water, education, and healthcare.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMarch, 2016Democratic Republic of the Congo
Source: Rcn-ong.be
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2016Western Africa
The recent wave of land deals for agribusiness investments has highlighted the widespread demand for greater accountability in the governance of land and investment. Legal frameworks influence opportunities for accountability, and recourse to law has featured prominently in grassroots responses to the land deals.
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Report about land-related corruption affecting women in Africa
Policy Papers & BriefsMarch, 2016Africa, Ghana, ZimbabweThis paper, presented at the 2016 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, explores the intersection between land corruption and women's access and ownership of land. Through analyzing a series of case studies, the paper notes that land access and ownership is increasingly defined by
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2016Niger
Source: IIED
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2016Western Africa
Source: IIED
La récente vague de transactions foncières à grande échelle née des investissements agro-industriels a mis en lumière une demande généralisée en faveur d’une redevabilité accrue en matière de gouvernance des terres et des investissements. Les cadres légaux influencent les possibilités de reddition de comptes et le recours à la loi a figuré dans les réponses des communautés locales aux transactions foncières.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJune, 2016Senegal
Source: Afrik.com
Dans un nouveau rapport, deux experts de la Banque mondiale (Salim ROUHANA et Dina Nirina RANARIFIDY- spécialistes en développement urbain ) analysent l’évolution du paysage urbain sénégalais.
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Library ResourceJuly, 2016Rwanda
Rwanda's completion, in 2012/13, of
a land tenure regularization program covering the entire
country allows the use of administrative data to describe
initial performance and combine the data with household
surveys to quantify to what extent and why subsequent
transfers remain informal, and how to address this. In
2014/15, annual volumes of registered sales ranged between
5.6 percent for residential land in Kigali and 0.1 percent
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