One of the key aspects of the Mozambican legal framework for land is that Mozambican nationals can acquire tenure rights through inheritance, via peaceful occupation or through customary channels These usufruct tenure rights, known by the Portuguese acronym ‘DUAT’ (Direito de Uso e Aproveitamento da Terra), can be held individually or jointly.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesMarzo, 2020África oriental, Mozambique
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 2013Ghana
Studies draw attention to gender inequalities in land tenure. While some insist that gender inequalities in land tenure exists others do not. This paper discusses a study that examined gender issues in customary land ownership in the Wa Municipality. It sought to understand and find ways of bridging the gender gaps, if any. A survey covering 151 respondents comprising Chiefs, Tendamba, women and family heads was undertaken. The research revealed significant disparities between men and women regarding access to and ownership of land.
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosNoviembre, 2020Sierra Leona
Within the framework of implementing the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT), this paper summarizes the empirical findings from three sequentially related phases of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) VGGT programme, implemented as a pilot project in 2018. The methodology used relied first on context analysis of the critical aspects influencing and hindering women´s land rights.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesSeptiembre, 2016Guyana
Based on the experiences of Amerindian communities in Guyana, this briefing presents some of the main causes of forest conflicts in the country as well as recommendations for how to address these. In particular, the document presents the following points:
• Lack of full recognition of indigenous peoples’ land rights in line with international law, absence of effective FPIC procedures and limited transparency in forest governance are key underlying causes of forest-related conflicts in Guyana;
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesOctubre, 2018África subsahariana, América Latina y el Caribe, Asia oriental, Asia meridional
Property rights are a cornerstone of economic development and social justice. A fundamental way of understanding the strength of property rights is through citizens' perceptions of them. Yet perceptions of tenure security have never been collected at a global scale.
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Library ResourceMultimediaOctubre, 2018Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda, Zambia, Camerún, Namibia, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Senegal, Costa Rica, Honduras, Ecuador, Perú, Tailandia
Wave 1 country infographics in one document. Countries include: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Ecuador, Honduras, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, Thailand, Zambia.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesMayo, 2015Argentina, Colombia, Perú, Venezuela
- La publicación ofrece una amplia reflexión sobre las nuevas presiones sobre la tierra y los territorios en cuatro países de la región, e indaga sobre sus impactos en procesos de larga data.
- Se presenta a los actores directamente afectados o beneficiados por las relaciones de poder que se generan en el ámbito rural en la actualidad.
- Se destaca que los países estudiados cuentan con marcos legales e institucionales para el gobierno de la tierra que han sido impulsados o reformados según el interés de las clases dominantes.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesNoviembre, 2016Etiopía
This issue paper No. 6 of the Rangelands Series consolidates a set of case studies which document how pastoralists plan landvand resource use in pastoral and agro-pastoral areas of Ethiopia.
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The current land tenure situation and future land allocation needs of smallholder farmers in Cambodia
Informes e investigacionesAgosto, 2016CamboyaIn Cambodia, the majority of the population is still composed of smallholder family farmers. 54% of the total labour force is employed in agriculture. They have access to 3.6 million ha of land, representing 19% of the country’s total land. The rest is divided between large scale economic land concessions (12%), public forests and protected areas, unclassified areas and some infrastructure.
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosSeptiembre, 2016República Democrática del Congo
Rift Valley Institute PSRP Briefing Paper 14
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