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Tools to Support Transparency in Land Administration : Trainer's Guide

Manuals & Guidelines
March, 2013
Global
Land & Investments
land administration
land governance
corruption
land management
land use
land investments
land rights
local communities
This training toolkit aims to sensitize government agents about land administration, develop their capacity to address issues of corruption and to enhance transparency in the land sector. It focuses specifically on land administration with a view to filling the capacity development gap in the land administration sector. Training content covers key themes clustered into different training sessions related to land governance, transparency, land administration and tools that could help bring about transparency. It comes with a trainer's guide.
Library Resource

Tools to Support Transparency in Land Administration : Training Toolkit

Manuals & Guidelines
March, 2013
Global
Land & Investments
land administration
land governance
corruption
land management
This training toolkit aims to sensitize government agents about land administration, develop their capacity to address issues of corruption and to enhance transparency in the land sector. It focuses specifically on land administration with a view to filling the capacity development gap in the land administration sector. Training content covers key themes clustered into different training sessions related to land governance, transparency, land administration and tools that could help bring about transparency. It comes with a trainer's guide.
Library Resource

Governing land for women and men:

A technical guide to support the achievement of responsible gender-equitable governance of land tenure

Manuals & Guidelines
January, 2013
Global
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land access
land tenure
women
The guide focuses on equity and on how land tenure can be governed in ways that address the different needs and priorities of women and men. It moves away from long-standing debates about gender equality in access to land, towards the mainstreaming of gender issues to achieve more gender-equitable participation in the processes and institutions that underlie all decision-making about land.
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Gender Toolkit for International Finance Watchers

Training Resources & Tools
April, 2013
Global
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
women
open data
This toolkit aims to give civil society organizations the tools they need to address gender justice issues in their work. The toolkit contains sections on:

1. Gender Concepts (terms, frameworks and key debates);

2. Gender Action Links (topical briefings and action resources);

3. Gender Tools (checklists, indicators and methodologies for gender analysis in specific sectors); and 4. Gender Data (links to sex-disaggregated databases). All sections contain electronic hyperlinks to a vast array of available gender resources.
Library Resource

A Handbook on the CEDAW: Realizing Indigenous Women's Rights

Manuals & Guidelines
April, 2013
Global
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land policies
land rights
indigenous peoples
women
This handbook is an introduction to the human rights of indigenous women. It provides some detail on the CEDAW as the only instrument specifically for women. It also provides a brief overview of the other available human rights mechanisms.
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Natural Resource Contracts: A Practical Guide

Manuals & Guidelines
November, 2013
Global
Land & Investments
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
land documentation
natural resources management
land investments
land rights
land contracts
tenure security
local communities
This guide aims to explain common topics that are addressed in natural resource contracts and to provide suggestions for improving contracts that are vague or unfavorable to host countries and to the protection of land rights. It covers a number of topics relevant to contracts:

● Environmental and social issues

● Fiscal provisions

● Transparency

● Dispute resolution

This resource is part of the CCSI’s Directory of Community Guidance on Agreements Relating to Agriculture or Forestry Investment.
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Les acquisitions de terres en Afrique, des tentatives de régulation

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land
land tenure
La surveillance des fonds souverains et des multinationales, qui profitent de la faiblesse des États pour acquérir massivement des terres africaines, se renforce.
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Quelles politiques foncières en Afrique subsaharienne ? Défis, acteurs et initiatives contemporaines

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land
land tenure
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Land, People, and the State in Afghanistan: 2002 - 2012

Reports & Research
February, 2013
Afghanistan
Land Conflicts
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land administration
land governance
land law
land policies
land reform
rangelands
conflicts
land grabbing
state property
This paper reviews the formal treatment of land rights in Afghanistan over the post-Bonn decade (2002 - 2012). The objective is to document the developments in the recent past to better understand present and possible future trends.
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Natural Resource Management and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan

Reports & Research
May, 2013
Afghanistan
Forest Tenure
Land Conflicts
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land law
forest law
land policies
land management
environment
mining
natural resources
conflicts
natural resources management
land conflicts
extractive industries
This report looks at the ways in which natural resource management—the institutions, policies and practices that govern land, water, forests, minerals, hydrocarbons—interact with violent conflict in Afghanistan.