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  1. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2016
    Burundi, South Sudan, Uganda
  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2016
    Kenya, Sub-Saharan Africa

    The paper examines the pace of land acquisitions in terms of creating legislative and policy options to safeguard local communities that are directly affected, including compensation for land that is taken, and protecting community interests in the socio-economic and environmental continuum of investment projects, from design to implementation. The absence or weakness of formal landholding and land registration systems was evident in most research sites in Isiolo and Lamu.

  3. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    October, 2016
    Kenya, Sub-Saharan Africa

    High levels of poverty and a predominantly rural population raise questions of vulnerability to manipulation during large scale land acquisitions in Kenya. Exposure to negative impacts are inherent where social and environmental safeguards are not deployed to protect the people impacted by involuntary displacement. This brief looks into social, economic and environmental safeguards for communities as the state undertakes compulsory land acquisition for investment purposes, part of the country's main development policy, Vision 2030.

  4. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    February, 2016
    Madagascar, Western Africa

    Dans un contexte de pression accrue sur les terres et les ressources naturelles, la formalisation (reconnaissance légale et écrite) des droits fonciers est aujourd’hui présentée comme un moyen à privilégier pour une meilleure sécurisation foncière.

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