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Land Administration and Land Rights for Peace and Development in Libya

Reports & Research
June, 2023
Libya
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
land administration
land information systems
land registration
land rights
This report is a contribution towards the improvement of land management and land administration in Libya. It provides a description of the legal, institutional and spatial land-related frameworks in the country, and it analyses the key land administration functions: land tenure, land value, land use, land development and land disputes’ resolution. A list of recommendations complements the analysis, with the intention to trigger further discussions and interest in engaging on the topic.
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Land Professionals in the Arab region. Roles, capacities and contribution to land governance and land tenure security

Reports & Research
May, 2023
Global
land administration
land policies
land reform
land tenure systems
land stakeholders
A functioning land sector is foundational to peace and stability, sustainable development, economic growth, food security, environmental conservation and poverty reduction in the Arab region. Effective and fit-for-purpose land administration is an important precondition for the functioning of the land sector and the foundation for good land governance.
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Designing and Implementing a Pro-Poor Land Recordation System

Reports & Research
September, 2019
Africa, Asia
continuum in land rights
land rights
land tenure
land tenure systems
rural areas
tenure security
urban areas
The challenges to tenure security in both urban and rural areas are not only large, but they are increasing due to the different types of pressures making land more and more scarce. There is growing acceptance that only by recognizing and supporting a continuum of land rights, can tenure security be reached for all people in an inclusive way.
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Land and Conflict in Jubaland : Root Cause Analysis and Recommendations

Reports & Research
October, 2018
Africa, Somalia
Land in post-conflict settings
land access
land dispute
land governance
land tenure
land use
natural resources management
pastoralists
The aim of the study is to investigate the land-related causes of conflict in the Jubaland State of Somalia. The study findings are expected to guide the work of the UN in peace building and land conflicts management and to inform land policy processes and other land governance interventions in Jubaland and Somalia as a whole.

The study has three specific objectives:
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Framework for Costing and Financing Land Administration Services (CoFLAS)

Reports & Research
September, 2018
Global
Land & Investments
land administration
land policies
land reform
capital value (land)
land valuation
assessment
capacity development
The tool presented in this guide aims to assist policy-makers and land administrators to adopt appropriate technologies and methodologies for land administration services more efficiently, cost effectively and with options most appropriately tailored to national and sub-national contexts. It was developed after recognizing the need to modernize the budgetary approach to land agencies and to provide effective, cost-efficient, affordable and sustainable services, particularly in developing countries.
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Land and Conflict

Lessons from The Field on Conflict Sensitive Land Governance and Peacebuilding

Reports & Research
February, 2018
Global
Land Conflicts
conflict of interest
displacement
eviction
extractive industries
farmers
land conflicts
land governance
mining
natural resources management
pastoralists
Land is often a critical aspect of conflict: it may be a root cause or trigger conflicts or may become an issue as the conflict progresses. Conflicts lead to forced evictions; the people who are displaced by conflict need somewhere to live and some land to farm or to graze their animals, often leading to further disputes over the use of land and other resources.
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A Multi-Country Capacity Assessment of National Statistical Offices Preparedness to Report on SDG Indicator 1.4.2

Reports & Research
January, 2018
Global
capacity development
development agencies
land governance
land policies
tenure security
sustainable development
This report presents the results of the multi-country assessment carried out in 17 countries across the world. The findings of this assessment is expected to directly inform the work of the co-custodian agencies for land Indicator 1.4.2 (UN-Habitat and World Bank) in formulating a coherent capacity development strategy for NSOs at country level, and strengthen their collaboration with land agencies for enhanced data infrastructure needed to regularly report on this indicator.
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Land Governance: A Review and Analysis of Key International Frameworks

Reports & Research
November, 2017
Global
VGGT
land governance
sustainable development
food security
land policies
tenure security
development agencies
This publication features the key provisions on land (governance) in recent relevant international frameworks including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs), the New Urban Agenda (Habitat III), the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT), the Framework and Guidelines on Land Policy in Africa (F&G) and the Guiding Principles on Large- Scale Land-Based Investment in Africa (LSLBI Principles).
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Implementation of Responsible Land Governance

A Land Information System for Sustainable Development in Turkana County, Kenya

Reports & Research
July, 2017
Kenya
VGGT
land administration
land information systems
sustainable development
communal territory
customary tenure
capacity development
This publication outlines the process undertaken by UN Habitat/GLTN and The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representation in Kenya to support the Ministry of Lands, Physical Planning and Urban Areas Management of the Turkana County Government-Kenya, in establishing a county Land Information Management System based on the Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM). The project was carried out in the context of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) program entitled, Support for Responsible Land and Natural Resource Governance of Communal Lands in Kenya.
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International Expert Group Meeting on Land Tenure Security to Develop a Set of Household Survey Questions for Monitoring SDG Indicator 1.4.2

Final Report- 2017

Conference Papers & Reports
May, 2017
Global
land tenure
tenure security
The World Bank Group and UN-Habitat as co-custodians of the SDG Indicator 1.4.2, in collaboration with the Global Land Indicator Initiative (GLII) organized an international Expert Group Meeting (EGM) at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington D.C. from 25 -26 May 2017 in preparation for the reclassification process of the SDG Indicator 1.4.2.