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Balancing Development and Community Livelihoods: A Framework for Land Acquisition and Resettlement in Uganda

A Study of Communities Affected by Conservation in Kibaale District; Oil Development and Road Infrastructure in Hoima District; and Hydro Electric Power Development in Buikwe District of Uganda

Policy Papers & Briefs
June, 2016
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
advocacy
co-ownership rights
collective ownership
community land rights
use rights
Land acquisition for development projects by government, private investors and land speculators is a critical source of tensions and conflicts in many parts of Uganda. Following the discovery of commercially viable oil reserves in 2006, Uganda turned attention to extractives and oil development as a matter of national priority. Evidence of this assertion can be found in the recent 2016-17 national budget allocations, where the portion for oil development is substantial.
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LAND TENURE, BIODIVERSITY AND POST-CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION IN ACHOLI SUB-REGION

Resolving the Property Rights Dilemma

Policy Papers & Briefs
April, 2009
Uganda
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
advocacy
This paper presents the results of a study on property rights in land and biodiversity resources in the Acholi Sub-region. The objective of the study was to map out the changes that have taken place in the sub-region since the dawn of colonialism and how these changes have impacted on the contemporary property rights structure in land and biodiversity resources in the sub-region.
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The Evolution of the World Bank’s Land Policy: Principles, Experience, and Future Challenges

Legislation & Policies
June, 2009
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Urban Tenure
adjudication
advocacy
agrarian reform
agrarian structure
agricultural and rural legislation
agricultural land management
capacity development
food security
indigenous peoples' land rights
land dispute
land reform
property rights
public ownership
women
This article examines the evolution of policy recommendations concerning rural land issues since the formulation of the World Bank’s “Land Reform Policy Paper” in 1975. That paper set out three guiding principles: the desirability of owner-operated family farms; the need for markets to permit land to be transferred to more productive users; and the importance of an egalitarian asset distribution.
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ESCAPING THE OIL CURSE AND MAKING POVERTY HISTORY

A Review of the Oil and Gas Policy and Legal Framework for Uganda

Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2006
Uganda
Land, Climate Change & Environment
advocacy
eviction
extractive industries
land use
natural resources management
poverty
rural areas
state forests
territory
In this oil research paper, we have set out the challenges confronting oil producing countries in sub-Saharan Africa by giving case studies of Nigeria, Angola and Equatorial Guinea. We have also critiqued the draft National Oil and Gas Policy under formulation as well as the legal framework. We argue that the oil Dutch Disease and conflict nexus associated with oil producing countries are not a given since there are examples such as Norway which have utilised their oil revenue for transformation and sustainable development.
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If women hold up half the sky, how much of the world’s food do they produce?

Reports & Research
March, 2011
Global
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agriculture
land ownership
women
This paper explores, conceptually and empirically, the question of how much food is produced by women. Data for labour inputs and agricultural output are used to assess women’s contribution to food and agricultural production. The study also assesses gender differences in productivity. The paper finds that a precise measure of women’s contribution to food production is impossible to establish. In general women do not produce food separately from men and it is impossible to disaggregate men and women’s contributions either in terms of labor supplied or in terms of output produced.
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Gendered impact of commercial pressures on land

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2017
Global
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
agrarian reform
capital value (land)
common property
gender equity in access to land
land access
land rights
This gender study forms part of the International Land Coalition’s ‘Commercial Pressures on Land Initiative’ Global Study. As stated by the International Land Coalition (ILC), the goal of this initiative is to support the efforts of ILC members and other stakeholders to influence global, regional and national processes on land to enable secure and equitable access to land for poor women and men in the face of increasing commercial demand for land (ILC 2010a, emphasis added).
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Re-establishing an Asset Base and Protecting Access to Productive Resources in Post-Conflict areas of Northern Uganda

Paper prepared for presentation at the “2016 WORLD BANK CONFERENCE ON LAND AND POVERTY”

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2017
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
agrarian reform
community land rights
customary tenure
indigenous peoples' land rights
Northern Uganda is currently recovering from a 20-year long civil war that left the area in ruins. One of the groups, the Lord’s Resistance Army, orchestrated brutal mass murders and abductions forcing nearly two million people to live internally displaced people’s (IDP) camps for over 10 years. The war particularly affected the people of Acholi and Lango sub-regions which had previously suffered sporadic attacks by armed Karamajong cattle rustlers from north eastern Uganda.
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Women’s land rights and gender justice in land governance: pillars in the promotion and protection of women’s human rights in rural areas

Reports & Research
January, 2013
Global, Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
adjudication
agrarian reform
common property
gender equity in access to land
land administration
land tenure
legal empowerment
Across the developing world, rural women suffer widespread gender-based discrimination in laws, customs and practices cause severe inequalities in their ability to access, control, own and use land and limit their participation in decision-making at all levels of land governance.
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Take anything, leave our land

Two land acquisitions cases offer a glimpse into Karamoja's complicated development problem and the growing storm over its land resources

Reports & Research
February, 2015
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land Conflicts
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
adjudication
advocacy
agrarian reform
collective ownership
customary land rights
The Karamoja region in Northeastern Uganda, covering an area of 27,200 square kilometers, is inhabited by around 1.2 million people who live in seven districts; Moroto, Nakapiripirit, Napak, Amudat, Abim, Kotido and Kaabong. Its residents are mainly Ngakarimojong speaking peoples, but the area is also home to the Ethur, Labwor, Pokot, and indigenous minorities such as the Tepes and the Ik.
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EU Task Force on Land Tenure

EU land policy guidelines; guidelines for support to land policy design and land policy reform processes in developing countries

Manuals & Guidelines
November, 2004
Global
Land & Investments
agrarian reform
co-ownership rights
common property
In recent years, issues of access to land and natural resources have been of growing concern to developing country governments and donors. Much evolution in experience and thinking has taken place over this period, with several multilateral and bilateral donors drawing up new policy papers on land.