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Are There Gender Differences in the Perceived Impact of Land Security? Evidence from Urban Lesotho

Reports & Research
January, 2014
Lesotho
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
land rights
women
As part of the Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact Agreement, the Government of Lesotho has implemented an institutional strengthening and land regularization project in the urban and peri-urban areas of the capital city Maseru. The main objective of this project is to strengthen the rights of the legitimate occupiers of the land by a process of formalizing those rights. This formalization process of the rights to land is expected to promote private sector development and stimulate economic growth.
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Rural development in Botswana: Experience from elsewhere and emerging issues

Reports & Research
June, 2013
Botswana
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
agriculture
poverty
property rights
rural development
Poverty incidence is one of the most critical concerns in Botswana and the government has resolved to eradicate this problem and ensure that every citizen live in a dignified and acceptable condition consistent with the national aspirations as set out in the National Vision 2016. Currently, rural areas are persistently experiencing the highest poverty incidence compared to any other place in the country. This has been the case ever since we have measured the extent of the poverty problem in 1985/86.
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Village land use planning in rangelands in Tanzania: Good practice and lessons learned

Reports & Research
April, 2013
Tanzania, Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
pastoral lands
rangelands
pastoralists
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CGIAR Research program on Water, Land and Ecosystems Strategic Research Portfolios: Activity cluster descriptions

Reports & Research
December, 2013
Southern Africa, Western Africa, Eastern Africa
land management
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Land governance in South Africa

Implementing the land governance assessment framework

Conference Papers & Reports
January, 2013
South Africa
land
land governance
assessment
research
The World Bank in 2010/11 undertook an in-depth review of land governance and land policy in South Africa, with Urban LandMark managing the process and implementing a Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF) for South Africa.
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Retail centres and township development

Training Resources & Tools
January, 2013
South Africa
Urban Tenure
development
land
urban areas
This case study is based on an existing booklet, Retail Centres and Township Developments: A Case Study (SACN, 2010) published by the South African Cities Network (SACN), the Training for Township Renewal Initiative (TTRI) and National Treasury. The booklet draws on prior research on
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The financing of city services in Southern Africa

Training Resources & Tools
January, 2013
Zambia, Tanzania, South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Mauritius, Malawi, Botswana
Land & Investments
Urban Tenure
land
land markets
poverty
urban areas
research
sustainable development
This case study draws on research that investigated the financial sustainability of cities in the Southern African region. The research was undertaken by the South African Cities Network (SACN). The project was jointly sponsored by the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility and the World Bank. The contribution by SACN of the material for this document is gratefully acknowledged. The learning material presents an outline of the many challenges of financial sustainability and effective service delivery facing Southern African cities.
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A framework for coupling land use and hydrological modelling for management of ecosystem services

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2013
South Africa, Lesotho, Southern Africa
land use
water management
It is well known that land-use changes influence the hydrological cycle and that those changes in the hydrological cycle influence land use. The sophisticated spatial dynamic planning tools that have been developed in the last decades to support policy makers in the decision making process do not take into account the mutual feedbacks between land use and hydrology.
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A long way home

Following 26 years of core housing consolidation and the struggle to achieve a sense of dignity

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2013
South Africa
Urban Tenure
land
housing rights
informal settlements
urbanization
land-use planning
urban population
urban areas
This working paper by Tikvah Breimer previously of the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) and Mark Napier previously of Urban LandMark, analyses the provision of core housing in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, specifically taking into account the residents' response to the state's delivery of core housing. It aims to explore to what extent the South African government's approach to providing large-scale housing addresses the relevant demands in the context of rapid urbanisation.
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LAND AND CORRUPTION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Training Resources & Tools
January, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, South Africa, Ghana
Land & Corruption
corruption
food security
gender equity in access to land
land governance
land ownership
land rights
land titling
sustainable development
women
Land is a vital resource that sustains livelihoods across Sub-Saharan Africa, but also one that is heavily prone to corruption. Every second citizen in Africa has been affected by land corruption in recent years, according to a study by Transparency International.