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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    September, 2011
    Mexico

    Under certain circumstances, land titling, property regime changes, and land‐use conversions yield substantial profits. Yet few people possess the wealth, knowledge, and networks to benefit from these procedures. In the Yucatán Peninsula, a region recently targeted as a prominent investment location by the Mexican national government (mainly with the “Tren Maya” megaproject) and the private capital, forestlands collectively owned as ejidos by Mayan peasants are on the trend to complete privatization.

  2. Library Resource
    Country Profiles on Housing and Land Management Republic of Armenia
    Reports & Research
    December, 2017
    Armenia

    This Country Profile (CP) of the Republic of Armenia is the nineteenth in the series and the second review done for the country. The first was prepared in 2004 and the analyses covered only the housing sector. This CP is an in-depth analyses of the housing, urban development and land management sectors of the Republic of Armenia. It provides policy recommendations on these sectors, while focusing on specific challenges and achievements.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    August, 2019
    Ethiopia

    This survey provides a representative sample to estimate the percentage of land transactions that have been formally registered with the rural land administration system across LIFT programme woredas..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme. For more information;please check: https://landportal.org/community/projects/land-investment-transformation...

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    February, 2020
    Ethiopia

    This survey examines the impact of second level land certification (SLLC) on tenure security;disputes;land rental;credit markets and changes in investment..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme. For more information;please check: https://landportal.org/community/projects/land-investment-transformation...

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    August, 2017
    Ethiopia

    This study provides interim procedures for registering rural land holdings when one or both of a childs parents are deceased at the time of field demarcation and adjudication..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme. For more information;please check: https://landportal.org/community/projects/land-investment-transformation...

  6. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    September, 2019
    Ethiopia

    This quantitative study evaluates the percentage of subsequent land transactions that are formally registered (compared with non-registration or informal registration practices) based the landholders proximity to the Woreda Land Administration Office (WLAO).

    This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme. For more information, please check: https://landportal.org/community/projects/land-investment-transformation...

  7. Library Resource
    Land Governance in the Outskirts of African Cities.

    Socio-Economic Challenges of Growing Peri-Urban Land Markets

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    July, 2021
    Africa

    In the next 30 years, Africa’s population is expected to double, and the continent will be home to 2.5 billion people. Almost half of this population will be living in urban agglomerations. Metropolitan cities, such as Lagos, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam or Abidjan will host several tens of millions of urban dwellers. Peri-urban areas are most affected by the cities’ expansion and undergo important social, political and economic transformations.This Ifri briefing analyses how these changes translate into land governance, a key sector of urban development.

  8. Library Resource
    LAND USE PATTERN OF PRIVATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF BRUNEIʼS COMPACT STRATEGY
    Peer-reviewed publication
    March, 2017
    Brunei Darussalam

    This study looks into the implementation of Brunei’s Master Plan proposal for compact strategy of developments within the designated Urban Footprint zone. Although the Master Plan lacks regulatory support, this study found that private housing developments have been mainly concentrated within the Urban Footprint zone and a more compact urban form through infill and higher density developments is being realized. This may be due to government administrative processes, housing trend and market demand.

  9. Library Resource
    Land Framework of Singapore

    Building a Sound Land Administration and Management System

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2018
    Singapore

    Long-term planning and an efficient system of land administration and management have played a critical role in Singapore’s transformation from a colonial port to highly liveable global city.

  10. Library Resource
    Agricultural Land Use in Malaysia: An Historical Overview and Implications for Food Security
    Peer-reviewed publication
    January, 2013
    Malaysia

    A study is conducted to describe the historical overview of agricultural land use in Malaysia with the aim of identifying the challenges of agricultural land use in a dynamic economic system. Economic policies were explained with major policies instruments. The effects of these policies on patterns of agricultural land use in 1960–2005 were assessed. Findings identified three broad economic eras in Malaysia: Agricultural (1960-1974); Industrial (1975-1999) and Urbanization eras (2000-date).

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