By: Moisés Rendón
Date: March 13th 2016
Source: Panam Post
Respect for Private Property Marks the Difference between Poverty and Prosperity
In 1763, immigrants to the North American colonies had more secure property rights than a native-born Venezuelan does in the 21st century.
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: August 1st 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When it comes to alleviating poverty and allowing people to live up to their potential, prize-winning Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto divides the world into two groups:
By: Alioune Tine
Date: August 30th 2016
Source: Front Page Africa
OPINION
By: Lois Aduamoah – Addo, WiLDAF Ghana
Date: October 4th 2016
Source: GhanaWeb
Despite the range of legal provisions in Ghana emphasising equality of all persons before the law, there are still significant pieces of evidence to suggest that the rights of vulnerable groups including women are not
BY CHRIS ARSENAULT
TORONTO, Nov 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A potential trade pact between the European Union and Guyana must contain land rights protections for local residents in order to avert the possible displacement of indigenous people, activists said on Tuesday.
Rising trade in
By: Daily Times Editorial Board
Date: November 9th 2016
Source: DelMarvaNow
OPINION
Agricultural land makes up a substantial and important portion of Maryland's lower Eastern Shore, and the Maryland Farm Bureau is a vital advocacy organization for farmlands, farmers and poultry growers.
By: Kizito Makoye
Date: February 4th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
JAMBIANI, Tanzania, Feb 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Zuhura Salim was not entirely sure her family would ever recover a piece of land that her father-in-law seized when her husband died in a fishing accident some 11
By: Rastriya Samachar Samiti
Date: March 3rd 2016
Source: The Himalayan Times
BHAKTAPUR: In a bid to keep up with e-governance service recently introduced by the government, the Bhaktapur District Land Revenue Office (DLRO) has switched to online land registration service.
Officiating secretary
The Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charity arm of the world’s largest news and information provider, today launched Place (Property, Land, Access, Connections, Empowerment), an innovative platform to boost coverage of land and property rights, one of the most under-reported issues worldwide. The
By: The Editors
Date: August 17th 2016
Source: World Politics Review
By Dominik Bosnjak
Date: September 22nd 2016
Source: Android Headlines
[From Orissadiary.com] Bhubaneswar: The unusual venue of Hotel Presidency saw a ‘Public Hearing’ on Women’s property Rights, organised by Agragamee, with support from European Union, and Welthungerhilfe. Women from eight districts, including Koraput, Nabrangpur, Rayagada, Kalahandi, Nuapada,