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  1. Library Resource
    Informes e investigaciones
    Diciembre, 2020
    Asia, Laos

    The management of land concessions and leases in the agriculture, tree plantation, hydropower and mining subsectors (referred to as land deals henceforth) is a crosscutting topic and involves a wide range of agencies of the Government of the Lao PDR (GoL) at various administrative levels, from the granting stage to the supervision and monitoring of progress and compliance.

  2. Library Resource
    Informes e investigaciones
    Marzo, 2022
    Laos

    The history of land rights in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), hereafter referred to as Laos,  is a history of customary land tenure systems which remain the most prevalent form of land tenure. As social systems, land tenure systems in Laos have been affected by and have adapted to external forces such as neighboring kingdoms, colonialization, geopolitics and war, migration, and global economic trends. Ongoing rapid changes in national socioeconomic conditions and domestic political goals continue to alter the customary tenure landscape.

  3. Library Resource

    The Impact of Guinea’s Souapiti Dam on Displaced Communities

    Informes e investigaciones
    Abril, 2020
    Guinea

    Guinea’s 450 megawatt Souapiti dam, scheduled to begin operating in September 2020, is the most advanced of several new hydropower projects planned by the government of President Alpha Condé. Guinea’s government believes that hydropower can significantlyincrease access to electricity in a country where only a fraction of people have reliable access to power.

  4. Library Resource

    Assessing Transparency, Inclusiveness, and Sustainability in Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Africa

    Informes e investigaciones
    Mayo, 2022
    África

    Despite the progress made in terms of global and national land policy frameworks, effective changes in practices remain limited. This is particularly the case with regard to large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs), as highlighted through this assessment of the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGTs) in the framework of LSLAs in Africa.

    Key results for Africa include:

  5. Library Resource
    Septiembre, 2020

    A nine-minute video. Most rural people in Uganda have rights to their rural land through customary tenure arrangements;representing 75-80% of land holdings: but only 15-20% of the land is formally registered. Often women;especially widows;experience land grabbing;arbitrary eviction and poor access to justice. GLTN and others are working to help vulnerable smallholder farmers in South Western and Elgon regions through the implementation of a ‘Securing Land Tenure for Improved Food Security in select areas in Ugandaproject. The video illustrates some of this work.

  6. Library Resource
    The social costs of tenure risk

    Costs and effectiveness of risk mitigation strategies for emerging market investors

    Informes e investigaciones
    Septiembre, 2021
    África subsahariana

    This report assesses the costs and effectiveness of responsible investment practices in emerging market contexts. Its results make the business case for investments in social risk mitigation and avoidance practices. Such practices include community engagement efforts, impact assessments and the establishment of grievance resolution mechanisms. Implemented correctly, responsible investment practices engender confidence and trust between investors and local communities, which secures social buy-in and mitigates the financial risks associated with disputes.

  7. Library Resource

    Results from the Preliminary Impact Study of the ILGU Project’s work in Central Uganda

    Informes e investigaciones
    Abril, 2021
    África, África oriental, Uganda

    Improvement of Land Governance in Uganda (ILGU) is a project implemented by the German International Cooperation (GIZ), seeking to increase productivity of small-scale farmers on private Mailo land in Central Uganda, co-financed by the European Union and German Government through the German Federal Ministry for
    Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

  8. Library Resource
    Artículos de revistas y libros
    Diciembre, 2012
    Global

    In the last ten years or so, the global interest in, and concerns about, the issue of how the world shall provide a growing population with sufficient food, bioenergy and wood raw material has attracted increasing attention. Will land and water resources be enough, how shall they be best managed to achieve increased production and productivity without causing far-reaching negative environmental and social side-effects, will climate change make solutions more difficult, will there be financial means and know-how available to address all challenges and opportunities?

  9. Library Resource
    Artículos de revistas y libros
    Diciembre, 2016
    Global

    “Land matters” – more than ever! Can land be dealt with like other resources or – in terms of an economic perspective– forms of capital. Or does it attract particular meanings, sentiments, interests, acquisition strategies or social relations?

  10. Library Resource
    Artículos de revistas y libros
    Diciembre, 1998
    África, América del Sur, América central, Asia

    Land tenure issues are becoming increasingly important worldwide. Problems such as high population pressure, increases in resource degradation, food shortages, transformations of political systems and regional and supra-regional resource conflicts have brought the land issue to the public's attention.

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