Land access is becoming a crucial issue in many African contexts, where groups and individuals are coping with land scarcity and increasing competition over resources. Based on fieldwork carried out in the southwestern region of Togo, this paper explores the plurality and adaptability of the forms of land access that have historically emerged from changing economic and political landscapes characterized by the rise and the decline of cocoa cultivation.
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresjanvier, 2012Togo
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Sustainability
Publication évaluée par des pairsjanvier, 2012CambodgeMost of the land reforms of recent decades have followed an approach of “formalization and capitalization” of individual land titles (de Soto 2000). However, within the privatization agenda, benefits of unimproved land (such as land rents and value capture) are reaped privately by well-organized actors, whereas the costs of valorization (e.g., infrastructure) or opportunity costs of land use changes are shifted onto poorly organized groups. Consequences of capitalization and formalization include rent seeking and land grabbing.
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Forests
Publication évaluée par des pairsjanvier, 2012Nicaragua, Paraguay, Argentine, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Chili, BrésilBased on theoretical underpinnings and an empirical review of forest laws and regulations of selected countries throughout the Americas, we examine key components of natural forest management and how they are addressed in the legal frameworks of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the U.S.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresfévrier, 2012Philippines
textabstractMainstream adherence to land titling as a strategy to address rural poverty has gained even more sway against the backdrop of the contemporary phenomenon of large-scale farmland acquisitions, known to some as “global land grabbing”. The orthodox narrative, embraced in toto by organisations such as the World Bank, is that formal property rights mitigate the risks of these land acquisitions and allow the poor to access the benefits of these acquisitions.
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesdécembre, 2012Pakistan
‘A Guide on Land and Property Rights in Pakistan’ was designed and prepared to facilitate the basic understanding of the complex principles of the Pakistani land and revenue administration system. The first edition, printed in December 2011, was warmly received by lawyers, national civil society organisations, community leaders, local authorities, donor agencies, and international affairs organisations, engaged in relief, rehabilitation, development or other similar works that necessitate some basic understanding of the land administration system in Pakistan.
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Library ResourceRéglementationsfévrier, 2012Canada
The present Regulations are made under the Land Registration Act. In particular, the Act provides for the efficient and correct enactment of the afore-mentioned Act. The text – consisting of 13 sections – deals, inter alia, with the following aspects: designation of counties, establishment of registration districts, registration regions, location of land registration offices, fees, fees exemption.
Implements: Land Registration Act (S.N.S. 2001, c. 6). (2011)
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Library ResourceRéglementationsdécembre, 2012Ukraine
This Order establishes that administration of the State Land Cadastre shall be intended implementation of measures and arrangements for setting up and keeping software of the State Land Cadastre, technical and technological support thereof and preservation and protection of the information and data contained therein. The administrator of the State Land Cadastre shall be responsible for access to information for the purpose of viewing, research, copying and printing of the information published on the official web-site of the State Land Agency.
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Library ResourceRéglementationsoctobre, 2012Colombie
La presente Resolución establece la metodología para desarrollar la actualización permanente de la formación catastral, que tiene por objetivo definir el marco metodológico aplicable a los ejercicios de actualización catastral “permanente” en el país, considerando el ordenamiento jurídico vigente y las diferencias que pueden existir catastralmente entre entidades territoriales y entre autoridades catastrales, incluidos sus niveles de desarrollo y necesidades.
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Library ResourceRéglementationsoctobre, 2012Cuba
La presente Resolución aprueba la Metodología para la inscripción, actualización y control del Patrimonio Inmobiliario del Estado en el Registro de la Propiedad, para el registro y control administrativo de los inmuebles estatales.
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