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The Global Programme Responsible Land Policy (GPRLP)

Institutional & promotional materials
September, 2019
Global
Land & Corruption
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
cadastral administration
cadastral register
capacity development
gender equity in access to land
land access
land governance
land ownership
land registration
land tenure systems
land titling
This brochure presents the approach and core activities of GIZ Global Program on Responsible Land Policy (GPRLP). The GPRLP is active in Benin, Ethiopia, Laos, Madagascar, Paraguay, Peru and Uganda. In each country, a context specific approach in line with the global GPRLP concept aims at improving the access to land as a core condition for combating poverty and hunger in rural areas for specific population groups, particularly women and socially marginalised groups.
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Unravelling the Frontiers of Urban Growth: Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Land-Use Change and Urban Expansion in Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana

Volume 8 Issue 9

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2019
Ghana
Urban Tenure
land use
geographical information systems
urbanization
urban areas
This study analyzed and assessed spatio-temporal dynamics of land-use change (LUC) and urban expansion (UE) within the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) of Ghana. This region serves as a case to illustrate how a major economic hub and political core area is experiencing massive spatial transformations, resulting in uneven geographies of urban land expansion. Quickbird/Worldview-2 images for the years 2008 and 2017 were segmented and classified to produce LUC maps. LUC and UE were analyzed by post-classification change detection and spatial metrics, respectively.
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The Legal Boundaries of ‘Public Purpose’ in India and South Africa: A Comparative Assessment in Light of the Voluntary Guidelines

Volume 8 Issue 10

Peer-reviewed publication
October, 2019
Southern Africa, South Africa, India
VGGT
boundaries
expropriation
land acquisitions
assessment
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT) call for governments to clearly define the term ‘public purpose’ to allow for judicial review of the goals of expropriations of property. However, recent research indicates that national-level legal frameworks that govern expropriation decision-making not only vary greatly from country to country but also often fail to comply with the VGGT standards on expropriation. This creates the potential for unpredictable and, in some cases, arbitrary applications of expropriation law in practice.
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The Global Programme Responsible Land Policy (GPRLP)

Institutional & promotional materials
September, 2019
Ethiopia, Madagascar, Uganda, Cameroon, Benin, Niger, Paraguay, Peru, Laos, Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land Conflicts
land registration
gender equity in access to land
land governance
land investments
land conflicts
capacity development
This brochure provides an overview of the Global Programme Responsible Land Policy (GPRLP) implemented by the German Development Cooperation Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). It points out the relevance of land rights for reducing hunger and conflicts as well as the potential for achieving environmental, social and economic development.
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Digital Innovations Global Programme Responsible Land Policy

Institutional & promotional materials
September, 2019
Ethiopia, Peru, Laos, Global
Land & Corruption
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
cadastral register
capacity development
corruption
land administration
land registration
land rights
This brochure presents recent digital innovations that enable a more effective, efficient and transparentin land management. It refers to examples in Peru, Ethiopia and Laos.
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Preliminary Report on Agricultural Census 2019

Reports & Research
October, 2019
Bangladesh
land administration
rural development
rural areas
agricultural land management
agriculture
rural population
open data
The Agriculture Census 2019, the sixth in its series, is an agricultural statistical venture of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). Not only has Bangladesh recorded persistent economic growth of 7.86 to 8.13%, but it has also achieved a substantial reduction in poverty rate. Bangladesh retains a strong commitment to social cohesion and to a progressive development agenda. The accelerated economic growth in the country is a consequence of this socio-economic development particularly in regards to the growth of agriculture sector.
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Reflections on Botswana’s Tribal Land Act no. 1 of 2018

Vol 2, No 3: September 2019

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2019
Botswana
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
deed registration
land policies
customary land rights
In August 2017, Botswana’s parliament passed the Tribal Land Bill, which became the Tribal Land Act no. 1 of 2018. It shall come into operation once the minister sanctions. Until then, the 1994 Act shall be operational. The new Act is aimed at addressing the challenges that cannot be effectively addressed by the operational Act. Some hail it as progressive, but this article argues that the Act has some limitations. Its insistence on the registration of customary grants with the Registrar of Deeds may lead to unintended consequences, such as family conflicts.
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Communities in Africa fight back against the land grab for palm oil

September, 2019
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
research
women
land rights
land
tenure security
profiles
parcels
This research investigates threats to women’s land rights and explores the effectiveness of land certification interventions using evidence from the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) program in Ethiopia. The research aims to provide evidence on the extent that LIFT contributed to women’s tenure security. Quantitative information was analyzed from the profiles of more than seven million parcels to understand how the program had incorporated gender interests into the Second Level Land Certification (SLLC) process.