Las instituciones de acción colectiva y los sistemas de derechos de propiedad moldean la forma en que la gente usa los recursos naturales.A su vez, estos patrones de uso afectan los resultados de los sistemas de producción agrícola de la gente. Juntos, los mecanismos de acción colectiva y los sistemas de derechos de propiedad definen los incentivos a los que la gente accede por llevar a cabo estrategias de gestión sostenible y productiva, y afectan el nivel y distribución de los beneficios de los recursos naturales.

This 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report is the fourth in an annual series that provides a comprehensive overview of major food policy developments and events. In this report, distinguished researchers, policymakers, and practitioners review what happened in food policy in 2014 at the global, regional, and national levels, and—supported by the latest knowledge and research—explain why. This year’s report is the first to also look forward a year, offering analysis of the potential opportunities and challenges that we will face in achieving food and nutrition security in 2015.

In the second of the Land Governance Booklet Series created by the NGO Uttaran, the work of the NGO is further explained, including their mentoring program to 'primary organisations' as well as the concept and purpose of the Gono Unnayan Federation (the 'public development federation').

The content of the booklet is as follows:

In the third of the Land Governance Booklet Series created by the NGO Uttaran, the Bhumi Committee is described. The Bhumi (literally meaning ‘land’) commitees want to help the poor, landless people establish their rights over khasland. This booklet describes their history and the work they do.

The content of the booklet is as follows: 
1. Introduction
2. Overview
3. The roots of the Bhumi Committee
4. Structure and guidelines of the Bhumi Committee
5. The Bhumi Committee in practice.

In the fourth of the Land Governance Booklet Series created by the NGO Uttaran, their work and strategy to raise awarenss on land tenure issues is descibred. The NGO wishes to raise awareness firstly about the procedure of the Digital Land Record and Survey in areas of Bangladesh and secondly, about the NGO's inteded impact in relation to the public's land ownership and rights.

The content of the booklet is as follows: 

In the fifth of the Land Governance Booklet Series created by the NGO Uttaran provides a description of the legal support and assistance Uttaran provides to local people.

The content of the booklet is as follows:

The sixth booklet of the Land Governance Booklet Series, Uttaran's impact on several settlements in Bangladesh is described.

The content of the booklet is as follows

In the eighth booklet of the Land Governance Booklet Series, several of the case studies by Uttaran are described.

The content of the booklet is as follows:

1. Khasland utilisation
2. Gender in land governance
3. Legal Support
4. Media coverage

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Citywide Strategic Planning articulates the necessary ingredients for initiating and implementing a planning process that focuses on a set of strategic issues of principal importance for sustainable urban development. The guide presents the citywide strategic planning rationale and approach. Three main questions are addressed – where are we today? - where do we want to be? -how do we get there?

This guide outlines the factors that influence the set up and effective operation of a non-state actor mechanism in the land sector, particularly during a land reform process. A land sector non-state actor mechanism is a means by which a group of non-state actors (civil society, grassroots organisations, etc.) coordinates their interventions and support to enhance their impact in the land sector, particularly during land reform processes.

This Gender Evaluation Criteria (GEC) matrix has been extracted from the GLTN publication entitled Designing and Evaluating Land Tools with a Gender Perspective: A Training Package for Land Professionals

Language: English, Spanish, French, Arabic

This guide presents a general overview on institutional harmonisation processes, i.e. the various factors and tools included in fostering institutional harmonisation in a sector. The experiences informing this document mainly result from the tacit knowledge of the land sector in Kenya by UN-Habitat and the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN). They are complemented by experiences from other sectors (such as water, governance and decentralisation), African countries and from state as well as nonstate actors.