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Land rights under pressure: access to resources in southern Benin

January, 2001
Benin
women
Analyses the range of institutional arrangements being used for gaining access to land and natural resources in two regions of southern Benin.
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Land Registration in Eastern and Western Regions, Ghana

January, 2005
Ghana
land registration
research
women
Assesses the process of rural land registration in Ghana and its outcomes for poor and marginalised groups.In Ghana, deeds registration has been in place since colonial times, and enables right holders to record their land transactions. However, very little rural land has actually been affected by this registration process. The research shows a general lack of awareness of the registration process among the majority of cash and food crop farmers. High monetary and transaction costs and a long and cumbersome process also constrain use of deeds registration.
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Land Registration in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

January, 2005
Ethiopia
land policies
land registration
women
research
This case study assesses the strengths and weaknesses of a simple, inexpensive, village-based land registration system put in place between 1996 and 1998 in Tigray, Ethiopia.The authors found that the system worked well and fairly - in large part due to it’s simplicity and low cost. Success also depended, however, on effective local governments which were able to prevent inequities from unforeseen shortcomings.
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Civil society and the struggle for land rights for marginalised groups: the contribution of the Uganda Land Alliance to the Land Act 1998

January, 2000
Uganda
land policies
landowners
women
The 1998 Land Act represents one of the most important pieces of legislation in Uganda, which is predominantly an agricultural country. The role of a consortium of NGOs, The Uganda Land Alliance (ULA), is analysed in this paper, with regard to the enactment of the Act.
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Land tenure and land management in the districts around Mount Elgon: an assessment presented to Mount Elgon Regional Ecosystem Conservation Programme (MERECP)

January, 2007
Kenya, Uganda
land management
women
This working paper reviews historical and current factors and patterns affecting land use, land tenure, resource access, human settlement, and conflicts over resource access and tenure in the districts around Mt. Elgon in Kenya and Uganda.
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Resettlement: the experience of relocated households in Malawi's Community Based Rural Land Development Project

January, 2011
Malawi
land policies
land governance
women
Malawi's Community Based Rural Land Development Project was conceived as an effort to alleviate rural poverty by making it possible for land-poor households to buy land where it was available within specific districts. This paper discusses the factors that deter relocation, and those that hamper permanent settlement in new sites after the initial relocation has occurred. The study clarifies that access to new land entails leaving the home village for an unfamiliar environment.
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Land reform bulletin [2000-2002]

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2001
Egypt, Mozambique, Vietnam, Syrian Arab Republic
land reform
rural development
women
Articles in this edition develop several areas and introduce specific experiences relating to land reform. The main thread running through the articles is that of change; how we can help to understand what change means and how it can be managed.
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Can land registration serve poor and marginalised groups? summary report

January, 2005
Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique
land policies
land registration
women
This report summarise the research findings of a project to examine the current processes of land rights registration in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Mozambique and assess their outcomes for poor and vulnerable groups. It examines the design and process of registration, the governance of those processes and the equity of the outcomes.This research finds that land registration is not inherently anti-poor in its impacts and that the distributional consequences of land registration depend on the design of the process and on the institutions responsible for its management.
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Agrarian reform in the context of food sovereignty, the right to food and cultural diversity: “land, territory and dignity”

January, 2006
agrarian reform
rural development
women
Through an analysis of the right to adequate food and the right to land, this civil society report, argued that achieving food sovereignty requires agrarian reform.
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New stakeholders and the promotion of agro-silvo-pastoral activities in southern Burkina Faso: false start or inexperience?

January, 2003
Burkina Faso
women
This paper explores and evaluates the impact of a new form of large-scale agriculture which is becoming an increasing phenomenon in southern Burkina Faso. With severe ecological deterioration and food deficits, small-scale agriculture is usually seen as the key to economic prosperity, social solidarity and sustainable management of local resources. However, a set of new stakeholders, comprising politicians, entrepreneurs and employees, is promoting large-scale agribusiness as a relevant and viable alternative for agricultural development in the country.