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LEGEND outputs focus on drawing out the core elements of good practice to achieve fundamental aspects of RLI and address the information and power asymmetries that preclude any fair and informed negotiation.

Slide deck: Six private sector insights on responsible land investment in sub-Saharan Africa

Training Resources & Tools

March, 2020

Sub-Saharan Africa

This slide deck present's LEGEND's work on responsible land investment in sub-Saharan Africa.

Responsible Land Investment Lessons from five years of LEGEND CLST

Institutional & promotional materials

March, 2020

Global

There are different visions of what constitutes responsible land investment (RLI) and how to successfully implement it, but it is clear that legal compliance alone is not enough. This resource covers 7 Responsible Land Investment key lessons.

Responsible land investment in sub-Saharan Africa

Six insights from the private sector

Policy Papers & Briefs

March, 2020

Sub-Saharan Africa

This briefing consists of six insights drawn from the feedback of qualitative interviews with 37 companies aiming to invest responsibly in land, drawing on key principles from the CFS-RAI Principle 5 and the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT).

Are development finance institutions equipped to address land rights issues?

A stocktake of practice in agriculture

Reports & Research

March, 2019

Africa, United States of America, Asia, Europe

Bilateral development finance institutions (DFIs) play an increasingly prominent role in the international aid architecture. Because of their position between development and commercial worlds, DFIs can be a key player in efforts to align private sector conduct with international norms and standards.

Are development finance institutions equipped to address land rights issues? [Executive Summary]

A stocktake of practice in agriculture

Reports & Research

March, 2019

Africa, United States of America, Asia, Europe

Bilateral development finance institutions (DFIs) play an increasingly prominent role in the international aid architecture. Because of their position between development and commercial worlds, DFIs can be a key player in efforts to align private sector conduct with international norms and standards.

Investing Responsibly in Agricultural Land

Lessons from responsible land investment pilots in sub-Saharan Africa

Reports & Research

December, 2019

Sub-Saharan Africa

This report details practical lessons on how to approach responsible land based investments in agriculture, derived from the experiences of LEGEND challenge fund projects and other pilots in Africa.

The need for proper attention to land tenure issues in investment planning and due diligence

Lessons from responsible land investment pilots in sub-Saharan Africa, Case Study 1

Reports & Research

January, 2020

Sub-Saharan Africa

This paper is one of three thematic case studies resulting from a set of pilot projects undertaken jointly by civil society and private business partners from 2016–2019 in five countries in sub-Saharan Africa. These pilots sought to test how private companies could collaborate with civil society organisations and other stakeholders to implement responsible agribusiness investments that recognise and respect community land rights, and to develop innovative tools and approaches that could be adopted and implemented at greater scale.

Approaches to land rights documentation and mapping to protect local people’s land rights in agricultural investment contexts

Lessons from responsible land investment pilots in sub-Saharan Africa, Case Study 2

Reports & Research

March, 2020

Sub-Saharan Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Sierra Leone

This paper is one of three thematic case studies resulting from a set of pilot projects undertaken jointly by civil society and private business partners from 2016–2019 in five countries in sub-Saharan Africa. These pilots sought to test how private companies could collaborate with civil society organisations and other stakeholders to implement responsible agribusiness investments that recognise and respect community land rights, and to develop innovative tools and approaches that could be adopted and implemented at greater scale.

Reducing concession size, adjusting business plans and developing more inclusive business models

Lessons from responsible land investment pilots in sub-Saharan Africa, Case Study 3

Reports & Research

March, 2020

Malawi, Mozambique, Western Africa, Ghana, Sierra Leone

This paper is one of three thematic case studies resulting from a set of pilot projects undertaken jointly by civil society and private business partners from 2016–2019 in five countries in sub-Saharan Africa. These pilots sought to test how private companies could collaborate with civil society organisations and other stakeholders to implement responsible agribusiness investments that recognise and respect community land rights, and to develop innovative tools and approaches that could be adopted and implemented at greater scale.

Addressing legacy land issues in agribusiness investments

Reports & Research

May, 2016

Global

This Analytical Paper explores legacy land issues as they affect agribusiness investments in low- and middle-income countries.

Legacy land issues: Addressing historical disputes in agribusiness investments

Policy Papers & Briefs

November, 2016

Global

This note provides guidance for businesses to identify and address legacy land issues in agricultural investments.

Legal empowerment in agribusiness investments: harnessing political economy analysis

Reports & Research

April, 2017

Global

This analytical paper explores how political economy analysis can help practitioners make sense of the issues, and distils insights from practical experience on how legal empowerment initiatives can rise to the challenge. It is aimed at legal empowerment practioners and analysts.

Briefing note: Legal Empowerment in Agribusiness Investments

Harnessing Political Economy Analysis

Policy Papers & Briefs

June, 2017

Global

This briefing note explores how political economy analysis can help practitioners make sense of the issues, and distils insights from practical experience on how legal empowerment initiatives can rise to the challenge.

Land governance and inclusive business in agriculture: advancing the debate

Reports & Research

October, 2018

Global

This report reviews the idea of inclusiveness in agricultural investments and analyses what ‘inclusiveness’ means to different value chain actors.

Evidence update 1: Land, population and agricultural investment in Africa

Reports & Research

October, 2016

Africa

Evidence updates, produced by LEGEND’s Core Land Support Team, provide a series of short briefs, summarising emerging bodies of evidence from different sources on key themes related to land governance or particular country issues. They offer technical advisers, policy-makers and researchers a way of keeping abreast of research to provide a source of quick evidence-based pointers on what to do and what to avoid in land-related policy and programming.

LEGEND Land Policy Bulletin 4

Focus on the Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2016

Policy Papers & Briefs

May, 2016

Global

This LEGEND bulletin provides an overview of the main themes discussed and key messages identified by the LEGEND Core Land Support Team (CLST) during the 17th Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty.

LEGEND Land Policy Bulletin 1

Why land governance?

Policy Papers & Briefs

June, 2015

Global

DFID is delighted to launch the first Land Policy Bulletin, which introduces a new land and responsible investment programme - Land: Enhancing Governance for Economic Development (LEGEND).

LEGEND Land Policy Bulletin 14

Securing land rights at scale: eight lessons and guiding principles on land tenure regularisation

Policy Papers & Briefs

June, 2019

Africa, Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania

This bulletin focuses on land tenure regularisation (LTR), with articles from practitioners to accompany the new LEGEND report Securing land rights at scale: eight lessons and guiding principles on land tenure regularisation.

LEGEND Land Policy Bulletin 13

Responsible investments: are new initiatives hinting towards a shift in practice?

Policy Papers & Briefs

April, 2019

Eastern Africa, Tanzania, Western Africa, Global

This bulletin highlights initiatives to support socially responsible investment.

LEGEND Land Policy Bulletin 12

Inclusive business and agriculture: what are we learning from the field?

Policy Papers & Briefs

January, 2019

Global

This bulletin distils lessons from a sugarcane cooperative in Malawi and a forestry investment scheme in Sierra Leone, drawing on the five pillars of inclusive business as identified in the 2018 LEGEND state of the debate report.

LEGEND Land Policy Bulletin 11

DFID’s work on land: what future priorities?

Policy Papers & Briefs

September, 2018

Global

This bulletin highlights the breadth of DFID's current portfolio on land and prompts important questions about DFID’s work on land governance in the years to come.

LEGEND Land Policy Bulletin 10

Policy Papers & Briefs

May, 2018

Global

This LEGEND bulletin explores early experiences and emerging lessons from four of these projects, and includes testimony from community members attesting to their positive results.

LEGEND Land Policy Bulletin 9

The VGGT five years on – are they changing lives?

Policy Papers & Briefs

December, 2017

Global

This LEGEND bulletin considers the key components for monitoring and evaluating the Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT).

LEGEND Land Policy Bulletin 8

Agribusiness and land rights: turning good intentions into tangible change

Policy Papers & Briefs

August, 2017

Global

This LEGEND bulletin explores the relationship between agribusiness and land rights. It features articles on the power of local engagement for financial investment, using technology for mapping rights, and catalysing private sector respect for community land rights.

LEGEND Land Policy Bulletin 7

Can technology revolutionise efforts to secure land rights?

Policy Papers & Briefs

March, 2017

Global

This LEGEND bulletin considers the impact that new technology can have on documenting land rights and democratising access to land data around the world.

LEGEND Land Policy Bulletin 6

Harnessing the law for fairer agricultural investments

Policy Papers & Briefs

January, 2017

Global

This LEGEND bulletin takes stock of some of the recent experience in legal empowerment. The result is a kaleidoscope of approaches operating at different levels, but pursuing broadly converging agendas.