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Transforming cities with transit

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2012
Global
Urban Tenure
land governance
land policies
land use
research
'Transforming Cities with Transit' explores the complex process of transit and land-use integration in rapidly growing cities in developing countries. As one of the most promising strategies for advancing environmental sustainability, economic competitiveness, and socially inclusive development in fast-growing cities, transit and land-use integration is increasingly being embraced by policy-makers at all levels of government. This book focuses on identifying barriers to and opportunities for effective coordination of transport infrastructure and urban development.
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MEMO TO THE MAYOR – Improving Access to Urban Land for All Residents: Fulfilling the Promise

Reports & Research
June, 2011
Global
land access
tenure security
land markets
land economics
land valuation
land-use planning
land management
sustainable land use
land policies
land law
As the world is urbanizing, many cities are grappling with a population that is growing rapidly, thereby increasing demand for land and housing. This pressure on land and housing markets often is exacerbated by inappropriate or inadequate policies. The result is a supply of well-located land and housing that falls well short of demand and the proliferation of poorly serviced informal settlements, many of which are located far from jobs, city services and amenities.
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Land ownership for women prevents fears of uncertainty. Ethiopia—think EQUAL

Videos
September, 2011
Ethiopia
Land & Gender
land dispute
land grabbing
land ownership
women

In Ethiopia, with support from the World Bank and others, a program uses small booklets and simple photos to give women a clear hold on their own land. It's time to think EQUAL for women and girls.
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Compulsory land acquisition and voluntary land conversion in Vietnam: the conceptual approach, land valuation and grievance redress mechanism

World Bank: Washington, DC

Reports & Research
September, 2011
Vietnam
land acquisitions
land conflicts
This publication is the product of a multi-year cluster analytical and advisory work on social and land conflict management of the World Bank office in Hanoi, which aimed to assist Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) to improve the land acquisition and conversion process to achieve more sustainable development during the current rapid urbanization and industrialization process. (Ref: Orginal Source)
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Public Land Governance in Solomon Islands

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
February, 2011
Solomon Islands, Eastern Asia, Oceania
agriculture
land administration
land management
land ownership
land reform
land tenure
landowners
leases
rural development
tenants
In countries where a large proportion of the total land area is held customarily, reform questions around land and development often tend to focus on the customary estate. Evidence from Solomon Islands suggests that a focus on public land holdings, even when they are relatively small in land area, can yield outsized benefits. Publicly owned land regularly includes economically valuable land and urban land on which development pressure is high. In Solomon Islands, as much as 10 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) may be affected by how effectively urban public land is governed.
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Tanzania Poverty, Growth, and Public Transfers : Options for a National Productive Safety Net Program

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
September, 2011
Tanzania, Africa
Land & Food Security
food security
rural areas
rural population
Tanzania has made significant economic progress in the recent past, with per capita national income almost doubling from United States (U.S.) 230 dollars equivalent in the late-1990s to U.S. 440 dollars. This report explores the role safety nets and transfers can play in reducing poverty more rapidly in Tanzania. It presents the potential need and costs, to inform a debate of options.
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Cambodia

Overview of a Cambodian Seed Sector

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
May, 2011
Cambodia, Eastern Asia, Oceania
Land & Food Security
farmers
food security
fisheries
contract farming
The use of quality seed is a major component of increased yields in crop production. Quality seed and seed programs in a country does not emerge by happenstance; it is created by a combination of many factors that include variety development, seed production, quality control, processing, marketing, and governmental oversight. As the seed sector in a country matures, each of these factors becomes more important and plays a more important role in the growth of the agricultural sector. The seed program in Cambodia is interestingly different from that in many other developing countries.
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Environmental and Gender Impacts of Land Tenure Regularization in Africa

Pilot Evidence from Rwanda

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2011
Rwanda, Africa
customary law
land administration
land ownership
land tenure
property rights
Although recent developments have increased interest in African land tenure, Rwanda's nation-wide Land Tenure Regularization (LTR) program is one of a few models to address these issues at the required scale.
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Wood-Based Biomass Energy Development for Sub-Saharan Africa

Issues and Approaches

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2011
Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
climate change
deforestation
forest law
forestry
land degradation
rural areas
sustainable development
Nearly half the world's population and about 81 percent of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) households rely on wood-based biomass energy (fuel wood and charcoal) for cooking. This degree of reliance is far greater than in any other region. While the use of biomass fuels in China, India and much of the developing world has peaked or will do so in the near future, SSA's consumption will either remain at very high levels or even grow over the next few decades.
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Integrating Gender Issues in Recovery and Reconstruction Planning

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
November, 2011
Laos, Vietnam, Eastern Asia, Oceania
grassroots organizations
property rights
This note on integrating gender issues in recovery and reconstruction planning is the fifth in a series of guidance notes on gender issues in Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in East Asia and Pacific region. There are number of key challenges that women face in different elements of post disaster risk reconstruction and recovery. This note addresses the following bottlenecks: a) housing, land titling and property rights, b) health and post disaster violence, c) community services and infrastructure restoration, and d) poverty reduction, livelihood restoration and economic development.