Focus on Africa: Uganda Lesson Brief, Displaced Persons and Land Rights
The following lesson brief examines the land issues confronting returnees as well as the IDPs who remain in the camps in Uganda. In 2005, between 2.1 million and 2.4 million people were displaced by conflicts in northern Uganda.
Focus on Africa: Uganda Lesson Brief, Women and Customary Land Rights
This lesson brief explores the struggles women face in benefiting from their customary rights. It is part of the Uganda module on the Focus on Africa: Land Tenure and Property Rights online educational tool.
Focus on Africa: Uganda Lesson Brief, The Compulsory Acquisition of Privately-Held Land by Government
This lesson brief focuses on four issues - compulsory acquisition uses; procedures for exercising this authority; compensation; and redress - which are central to balancing private land rights and compulsory land acquisition for public purposes.It is part of the Uganda module on the
Focus on Africa: Uganda Lesson Brief, Land for Private Investors and Economic Development
This lesson brief examines the law and practice of allocating land in the protected estate for private investment. It is part of the Uganda module on the Focus on Africa: Land Tenure and Property Rights online educational tool. Private investors need land to conduct their business.
Focus on Land in Africa: Tanzania Lesson Brief, Village Land
This lesson brief looks at the history of customary land rights and examines the current conditions regarding Village Land and customary tenure arrangements in Tanzania.
Focus on Land in Africa: Tanzania Lesson Brief, Biofuels
This lesson brief explores alternative biofuel production schemes in Tanzania and their impacts on rural land rights and local livelihoods.
Focus on Land in Africa: Tanzania Lesson Brief, Wildlife Management Areas
This lesson brief explores the decentralization of wildlife user rights and their impact on local communities in Tanzania.
Focus on Africa: Kenya Lesson Brief, Group Ranches
This lesson brief follows the modernization of pastoral livestock production in Kenya. This lesson brief is part of the Focus on Africa: Land Tenure and Property Rights online educational tool. Rangelands and pastoralists in Kenya have received considerable attention from government.
Focus on Africa: Kenya Lesson Brief, Government Control of Private Land Use
This lesson brief looks at the government's control of private land use in Kenya. It is part of the Focus on Africa: Land Tenure and Property Rights online educational tool. Like other governments around the world, Kenya’s government has the authority to extinguish or restrict property rights over land and natural resources, including the authority to restrict the use of privately-held land for national and public interest purposes. Private land use restrictions have been used for environmental management and are increasingly being considered for biodiversity conservation purposes.
Focus on Africa: Kenya Lesson Brief, History of Land Conflicts
This lesson brief explores the history of land conflicts in Kenya.
Issue Brief 3: IGO Strategies and Programs for Access to Land and Natural Resources in Asia
This paper discusses the country strategies and program frameworks
of three intergovernmental agencies, the European Com
mission (EC), the International Fund for Agricultural Development
(IFAD) and the World Bank (WB), as related to land access and
rural development in Asia. It focuses on six countries: Bangladesh,
Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal and the Philippines.