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Egypt Public Land Management Strategy : Volume 1. Policy Note

August, 2014

The main objective of the Egypt Public
Land Management Strategy is to provide the Government of
Egypt (GOE) with practical and politically feasible policy
recommendations to reform existing public land management
policies and practices in the aim of improving the business
climate in Egypt. This study is presented in two volumes:
Volume one with the main policy note, supported by Volume
two with background notes on access to public land by

The Kyrgyz Republic : Farm Mechanization and Agricultural Productivity

August, 2014

This policy note reviewed the status of
farm machinery in the Kyrgyz Republic. Agricultural
productivity, particularly in terms of grain yields, is low
because of underinvestment. This note finds that a
significant deficit in agricultural machinery is hindering
sector productivity. The Kyrgyz Republic has fewer tractors
per hectare than any comparable country, with a deficit
estimated at 40 percent. The deficit of combine harvesters,

Mercado Institucional Evaluación de programas en Brasil

Training Resources & Tools
July, 2014
Brazil

En esta publicación, quilombolas*, trabajadores rurales del Movimiento Sin Tierra asentados con la Reforma Agraria, indígenas y representantes de comunidades afectadas por represas en Brasil, juntamente con la agencia ecuménica de cooperación británico irlandesa Chirstian Aid y sus asociados, Comisión Pro Indio de São Paulo(CPI-SP), MST y MAB, evalúan de forma colectiva los obstáculos en la aplicación de los programas y las políticas por detrás de las siglas PAA (Programa de Adquisición de Alimentos), PNAE (Programa Nacional de Alimentación Escolar),y PNPSB (Política Nacional para la Promoc

Conceptualizing Fair, Full and Prompt Compensation – the Tanzanian Context of Sustaining Livelihood in Expropriation Projects

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2014
Tanzania

Objections to assessed compensation for expropriated land in Tanzania have been on increase irrespective of the changed ideologies of the country. The basis of valuation assessment as provided in the laws governing land acquisition is ‘market value’ while the local valuation practice has had limited use of the basis in compensation and resettlement assignments.

Training Module on Khas (State) land Laws and Management

Training Resources & Tools
June, 2014
Bangladesh

This training module is developed by Uttaran for its field level beneficiaries of Sustainable Access to Land Equalities (SALE) project. Initially some selected trainers are trained up on the basis of this module. Afterwards the selected trainer group will provide the training to the members of primary organization which is developed by Sustainable Access to Land Equalities (SALE) project of Uttaran. So those who facilitate this training workshop will have to have the sound knowledge about this training module.

Improving Land Acquisition and Voluntary Land Conversion in Vietnam

June, 2014

Successive policies of the Government of
Vietnam for economic reform and modernization have helped
Vietnam to emerge as one of the world's fastest growing
economies. The report provides continued recommendations on
improving land policies to ensure efficiency of their
practical implementation and to target at both economic
development and social sustainability. Policies with regard
to voluntary benefits sharing, promoting the participation

Land Reform, Rural Development, and Poverty in the Philippines : Revisiting the Agenda

June, 2014

The goal of this report is to take stock
of the existing evidence on the impact of the Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) on poverty, to examine the
current challenges that an extension of CARP would face, and
to suggest directions toward achieving progress on land
reform given the financial and policy constraints faced by
the program. The report starts by examining the nature and
relevance of the challenges that an extension of the land

Access to Public Resources by Asserting Rights And Justice for Economic Opportunities- APARAJEO Project

Reports & Research
May, 2014
Bangladesh

APARAJEO is working for establishing land rights to the landless people in Southwest Bangladesh. At present, total of 150,214.64 acres of khasland lies in the southwest region. And over one million landless people exist in the targeted areas. At the end of the project, 44,000 landless peoples of Satkhira and Khulna district will have increased access and

Land Reform and Agricultural Development

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2014
Zambia
Zimbabwe

This article examines the impact of the land reforms undertaken in Zambia and Zimbabwe on agricultural development. The Zambian land reform of 1995 has led to significant improvements in agricultural productivity and output since the early 2000s, allowing for a rising GDP and hopes that such growth will be redistributed across the education and health sector.

Models for Recognizing Indigenous Land Rights in Latin America

May, 2014

This paper represents an important
dimension in filling Latin America history's gaps
through the lens of land rights. The continent was populated
by many nations, functioned in harmony with nature, had a
variety of cultures and languages, and, developed many
different socio-economic systems (nationally and locally).
These nations were sovereign and recognized from Alaska to
Patagonia. Indeed, among all of them, we know they had very