By Frank Pichel, Land Tenure and Property Rights Specialist, USAID.
I was pleased to attend the June 2014 intersessional meeting of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) in Shanghai, China and want to share several noteworthy achievements for USAID’s ongoing efforts to strengthen land tenure and property rights and prevent conflict.
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Library ResourceJulio, 2014República Centroafricana, China, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leona
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 2014Angola, Estados Unidos de América, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Reino Unido, Canadá, Sierra Leona, Malawi, Mozambique, Liberia, Sudáfrica, Uganda, Tanzania, Países Bajos, Noruega, África
The Mozambique land law provides statutory recognition of customary land rights and is considered one of the most progressive legislations in Africa. However, the law continues to face implementation challenges, including the realization of equal rights for women and institutional reform. Simply having a progressive law ‘is not enough’ to bring about transformative change in a country.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2014Marruecos, Túnez, Etiopía, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Ghana, Malí, Sierra Leona, Guatemala, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, China, Mongolia, Nepal
83 regularly-updated country profiles that provide information on national policy and legal frameworks related to gender and land rights Gender and land-related statistics from national agricultural censuses and household surveys available through maps, tables and graphs A Legislation Assessment Tool for genderequitable land tenure (LAT) to support the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines of the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forestry in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT). Online discussions on selected topics
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Sustainability
Publicación revisada por paresEnero, 2015Sierra LeonaThe recent phenomenon of large-scale acquisition of land for a variety of investment purposes has raised deep concerns over the food security, livelihood and socio-economic development of communities in many regions of the developing world. This study set out to investigate the food security outcomes of land acquisitions in northern Sierra Leone.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesJunio, 2014Sierra Leona, África
Includes what is ALL?, who owns ALL?, trouble at home, new findings, turning to new pastures as African Land reinvents itself. A cautionary tale of double deception. Investors were hoodwinked by the promise of high economic returns and may be holding onto a lease that lacks legal standing in Sierra Leone. Unclear if investors will receive any of their investment back, even if the company is forced to liquidate.
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Library ResourceAcuerdos y ContratosAgosto, 2014Sierra Leona
This is a Concession Agreement,Memorandum of Understanding posted on OpenLandContracts.org. It lists Food crops as the primary resource(s)
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Library ResourceEnero, 2014Sierra Leona
Sierra Leone is still recovering from a
brutal civil war (1991-2002), fuelled in part by a valuable
and easily extractable natural resource (diamonds). Sierra
Leone now stands on the verge of an unprecedented period of
economic growth, driven primarily by revenues from
large-scale iron ore mining. Yet it continues to face many
governance and developmental challenges. The rapid rise of
the extractives governance agenda in Sierra Leone requires -
Library ResourceAgosto, 2014Sierra Leona
This First Phase Report on Sierra Leone
growth poles is the result of a 9 months consultative
process led by the Office of the President which
specifically requested that the output of this diagnostic be
in an engaging format. The fundamental concept of growth
poles is that they exploit agglomeration economies and
spillover effects to spread resulting prosperity from the
core of the pole to the periphery. At the basis of this -
Library ResourceMarzo, 2014Sierra Leona
This review focuses on how public
expenditure translates into the delivery of water supply and
sanitation services in rural and urban areas in Sierra
Leone. It describes the legal and institutional framework
for the allocation of resources assesses access to Water
Supply and Sanitation (WSS) services and past sector
performance, and analyzes public expenditure in the sector,
including the factors affecting the efficiency of use of -
Library ResourceSeptiembre, 2014Sierra Leona
This report presents an analysis of
the Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs and policies
which affect young children in Sierra Leone. This report is
part of a series of reports prepared by the World Bank using
the SABER-ECD framework. The country report includes
analysis of early learning, health, nutrition and social and
child protection policies and interventions in Sierra Leone,
along with regional and international comparisons. The
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