The Land Matrix is an independent land monitoring initiative that promotes transparency and accountability around large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) in low- and middle-income countries across the world. By capturing data on its website, the initiative aims to stimulate debate on the trends and impacts of LSLAs, facilitate wide participation in collecting and sharing data about these deals, and contribute to the growing movement towards open data.
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Library ResourceDatasetsRecursos y herramientas de capacitaciónEnero, 2009África, Uganda, Camerún, Senegal, América Latina y el Caribe, Argentina, Asia, Filipinas, Europa oriental
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Library ResourceRecursos y herramientas de capacitaciónDocumentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2012Uganda, África
Uganda has started its journey into urbanization and economic development. The pace of urbanization is picking up currently at 4.5 percent per year, and likely to accelerate with rising incomes. The economic benefits from urban growth will come from exploiting economies of scale and agglomeration and by increasing fluidity in factor markets that enable substitution between land and non land inputs.
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Removing Barriers to Regional Trade in Food Staples
Informes e investigacionesRecursos y herramientas de capacitaciónOctubre, 2012Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Malawi, Níger, África subsahariana, África occidental, África, África oriental, África australAfrica's growing demand for food has been met increasingly by imports from the global market. This, coupled with rising global food prices, brings ever-mounting food import bills. In addition, population growth and changing demand patterns will double demands over the next 10 years. Two key issues must be addressed: (a) establishing a consistent and stable policy environment for regional trade in fertilizers; and (b) investing in institutions that reduce the transaction costs of coordination failures.
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Economic Diversification and Growth in the Era of Oil and Volatility
Informes e investigacionesRecursos y herramientas de capacitaciónJunio, 2015Uganda, ÁfricaThe objective of the Ugandan government is to make Uganda an upper - middle income country within thirty years. Economic diversification is a key component of that strategy. The country economic memorandum (CEM) report discusses how the emergence of oil and mineral production can contribute to Uganda’s effort to promote economic diversification as a means to achieve sustainable and shared growth.
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The Growth Challenge--Can Ugandan Cities Get to Work?
Informes e investigacionesRecursos y herramientas de capacitaciónFebrero, 2015Uganda, ÁfricaThis Fifth Edition of the Uganda Economic Update presents evidence that if the urbanization process is well managed, it has the potential to stimulate economic growth and to provide productive jobs for a greater proportion of Uganda’s young and rapidly expanding population. In many countries across the world, the growth of cities has stimulated the establishment and expansion of productive businesses by reducing the distance between suppliers and customers. The growth of cities has also facilitated provision of social services and infrastructure through economies of scale.
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Library ResourceRecursos y herramientas de capacitaciónEnero, 2011Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Etiopía
This case study draws on an analysis of urban land markets in the East African region. The research was undertaken by Paul Syagga, School of the Built Environment, University of Nairobi, and commissioned by Urban LandMark. Some learning and reflection activities based on the case study are provided. The next part of the document presents examples of how people access, trade and hold land in various East African cities. The final component of this document includes a summary of the key issues covered in the case study and recommendations arising from it.
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