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Land dispute resolution in Zimbabwe

Reports & Research
June, 2017
Zimbabwe, Africa
Land Conflicts
land
land dispute
boundaries
land dispute resolution
land reform
occupation
Land reform has generated a range of disputes including overlapping boundaries, double occupations, competing authorities etc. Lists areas in which potential disputes arise.
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"We are feeling safe about our land now" GIZ Land Program Laos: Assessing the contribution to changes in land use, investments in land and perceived tenure security

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2017
Land Conflicts
Land & Investments
land dispute resolution
land investments
land transfers
For the past decade, GIZ has supported participatory land use planning, land registration and land titling as a vehicle for sustainable rural development in Lao PDR. Following a number of predecessor programmes, the current Land Program (including Land Management and Decentralized Planning (LMDP) and Enhanced Land Tenure Security (ELTeS) projects) is active in the provinces of Luang Namtha, Sayabouri, Huaphan and Khammouane. This impact study focussed on some of the intermediary and longer-term changes that GIZ’s work in the land sector has been aiming to bring about in Laos.
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MEMÓRIA IV ENCONTRO "Compartilhando experiências, construindo novos horizontes" (2016)

Conference Papers & Reports
February, 2017
Brazil
land rights activists
land conflicts
research
land
Entre os dias 14 e 16 de setembro de 2016, foi realizado o IVº Encontro Internacional pela Terra e Território, no Casarão do Vale do Guapiaçu, Serra Queimada, município de Cachoeiras de Macacu, Rio de Janeiro – Brasil, promovido pelo Laboratório de Estudos sobre Movimentos Sociais e Territorialidades da Universidade Federal Fluminense e o Instituto para o Desenvolvimento Rural da América do Sul.
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Stakeholder Analysis In The New Land Conflicts Under The Background Of Urbanization

Reports & Research
May, 2017
Global
Land Conflicts
Urban Tenure
land conflicts
urbanization
development
land acquisitions
land rights
In the accelerating process of urbanization and social transition era, industrialization, urbanization and construction of urban-rural integration also inevitably leads to the land expropriation, land conflicts have become important issues in the development process.
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Enfoques de género y prácticas de las mujeres rurales en Sudamérica

Policy Papers & Briefs
July, 2017
Bolivia
land access
land rights activists
land acquisitions
women
land dispute resolution
En este documento se repasan algunos textos recientemente producidos en el ámbito del ‘género para el desarrollo’ que abordan la problemática de las mujeres rurales en el acceso a la tierra, y además, la autora plantea algunas reflexiones en relación con el trabajo que viene realizando el Movimiento Regional por la Tierra y Territorio en su búsqueda de casos inspiradores de acceso a la tierra y territorio con mujeres como protagonistas.
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Apuntes sobre el acceso a la tierra y territorio en Sudamérica

Policy Papers & Briefs
June, 2017
Bolivia
land access
right of access
right of first occupancy
indigenous peoples' land rights
land dispute resolution
La Paz, Bolivia
1 de julio de 2017
Apuntes sobre el acceso a la tierra y territorio en Sudamérica[1]

Ruth Bautista Durán
Oscar Bazoberry Chali
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Community Land Conflicts: How Local Land Disputes Affect Private Sector Investments and Development Projects

Reports & Research
November, 2017
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
community land rights
land conflicts
land investments
This report provides information on due diligence and effective conflict management through consultation in the context of community land conflicts. It identifies some key steps to follow to integrate community land conflict into enhanced project risk assessments.
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Land for infrastructure development: compulsory acquisition and compensation of unregistered/undocumented land in Kenya

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2017
Kenya
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
cadastral administration
cadastral register
capital value (land)
communal ownership
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
deed registration
displacement
eminent domain
land administration
land dispute
land dispute resolution
land governance
land investments
land ownership
land registration
land titling
land use
land valuation
management rights
natural resources management
research
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
title deeds
women
youth
Kenya’s Vision 2030 aims at transforming the country into a newly industrialized middle income country

and infrastructural development is high on the agenda to achieve this. Competing land uses and existing

interests in land make the use of eminent domain by government in acquiring land inevitable. However

most of the land earmarked for compulsory acquisition comprises of un- registered land whose interests
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LAND GOVERNANCE IN URBAN AREAS CASE OF NAIROBI CITY COUNTY

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2017
Kenya
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
cadastral administration
intensive land use
land administration
land dispute
land dispute resolution
land governance
land information systems
land management
land use
land-use planning
land valuation
sustainable land use
urban planning
urbanization
Globalisation and urbanisation trends in developing countries present both opportunities for growth and development on one hand while contributing to the complex myriad challenges of managing urbanisation on the other hand. Cities and urban areas play a critical in the development of a country. They provide platforms that incorporate intense combination of economic, cultural and political factors of a country or region. Nairobi city is Kenya’s economic capital and is a major economic hub in Africa.
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Reflections on Future Challenges to Housing, Land and Property Restitution for Syrian Refugees

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2017
Syrian Arab Republic
Land Conflicts
compensation
displacement
housing rights
land conflicts
land rights
property
property rights
NRC interviewed 580 Syrian refugee households in Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq to assess their potential Housing, Land and Property (HLP) claims inside Syria if they were to return home.