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Poverty Reduction and Shared Prosperity in Moldova

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
May, 2016
Moldova
Europe
Central Asia

Moldova has experienced rapid economic growth in the past decade, which has been accompanied by reductions in poverty and good performance in shared prosperity. Nonetheless, Moldova remains one of the poorest countries in Europe and faces challenges in sustaining the progress. The challenges for progress include spatial and cross-group inequalities, particularly because of unequal access to assets, services and economic opportunities.

The Atlas of Rural Marginalized Areas and of Local Human Development in Romania

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
May, 2016
Romania
Europe
Central Asia

Romania aims to be a country in which all citizens are provided with an equal opportunity toparticipate in society, where their basic needs are met and their differences respected, and whereall people feel valued and can live in dignity.Our society is still far from this ideal. One in every five Romanian people is income poor. Most of the people living in relative poverty in Romania are in persistent poverty, meening that they have been in poverty for at least the last three years.

Regional Law 924-OZ amending Regional Law No. 667-OZ “On some issues related to turnover of agricultural land”.

Legislation
May, 2016
Russia

Article 1 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Leaseholder of a plot of agricultural land pertaining to public or municipal ownership shall have the right of purchase of such plot of land in ownership in case the right of lease originates from conversion of permanent (open-ended) tenancy or life-long hereditary possession of such plot of land to lease, at the cost equal to 15 percent of its cadastre value”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 667-OZ “On some issues related to turnover of agricultural land”. (2015-03-18)

Housing Finance

May, 2016

Access to adequate housing is critically
important to the health and wellbeing of the world’s
population. Yet, despite the fact that this statement is
part of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and has been on the global policy agenda for many
years, hundreds of millions of people continue to live in
inadequate conditions with little or no access to decent
housing. The demand for housing solutions will increase as

Décret n° 2016-1430 PM du 27 mai 2016 fixant les modalités d'organisation et de fonctionnement de la commission consultative en matière foncière et domaniale.

Regulations
May, 2016
Cameroon

Le présent décret fixe les modalités d'organisation et de fonctionnement de la commission consultative en matière foncière et domaniale, organe collégial chargé d'assister les autorités compétentes dans le cadre de la gestion du domaine national.

Does Land Fragmentation Increase the Cost of Cultivation?

May, 2016

To appreciate overall impacts of fragmentation, underlying channels, and potential heterogeneity by holding size, we distinguish average fragment size and mean inter-fragment distance as two aspects of this phenomenon. Estimating a cost function with associated input demand equations on a large nationally representative Indian survey, robust to endogeneity, suggests that fragmentation’s main impact is to reduce mean plot size below the threshold for mechanization. Higher inter-fragment distances increase costs for larger holdings, but by a much smaller magnitude.

Regional Law No. 38-ZO amending Regional Law No. 54-ZO “On turnover of agricultural land”.

Legislation
May, 2016
Russia

Article 3 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Maximum land area allotted out of stock of agricultural land, pertaining to public or municipal ownership, to citizens for farming on condition of tenancy or ownership free of charge shall be 50 ha”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 54-ZO “On turnover of agricultural land”. (2014-04-10)

Scoping and Status Study on Land and Conflict

Reports & Research
May, 2016
Global

This report on the Scoping and Status Study on Land and Conflict reviews the global context and the inspiration driving the study, The three key findings of the study are the existence of multiple areas of UN engagement on land and conflict across the UN pillars, the existence of multiple entry points for improved synergy and that the status quo is not fit for purpose. Based on the above findings, the study presents six recommendations  for consideration by the Rule of Law Resource and Coordination Group, the UN Working Group on Transition, other non-UN entities and Member States.

Federal Law No. 119-FZ “On the peculiarities of granting to citizens of public or municipal land plots located in the regions of the Far Eastern Federal District”.

Legislation
April, 2016
Russia

This Federal Law sets forth the provisions for allocation of public or municipal land plots in the regions of the Far Eastern Federal District to the Russian citizens. Land areas of the plots of land subject to allocation free of charge for land tenure for the period of 5 years in accordance with contract shall not exceed 1 hectare.