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Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration from Theory to Practice: Three Demonstrative Case Studies of Local Land Administration Initiatives in Africa

Land

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2021
Kenya, Namibia, Ghana
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Investments
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
tenure security
Land is a critical factor of production for improving the living conditions of people everywhere. The search for tools (or approaches or strategies or methods) for ensuring that land challenges are resolved in ways that quickly respond to local realities is what led to the development of the fit-for-purpose land administration. This article provides evidence that the fit-for-purpose land administration—as a land-based instrument for development—represents an unprecedented opportunity to provide tenure security in Africa.
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Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration from Theory to Practice: Three Demonstrative Case Studies of Local Land Administration Initiatives in Africa

Land

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2021
Kenya, Namibia, Ghana
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Investments
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land tenure
Land is a critical factor of production for improving the living conditions of people everywhere. The search for tools (or approaches or strategies or methods) for ensuring that land challenges are resolved in ways that quickly respond to local realities is what led to the development of the fit-for-purpose land administration. This article provides evidence that the fit-for-purpose land administration—as a land-based instrument for development—represents an unprecedented opportunity to provide tenure security in Africa.
Library Resource

Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration from Theory to Practice: Three Demonstrative Case Studies of Local Land Administration Initiatives in Africa

Land

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2021
Kenya, Namibia, Ghana
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Investments
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land administration
Land is a critical factor of production for improving the living conditions of people everywhere. The search for tools (or approaches or strategies or methods) for ensuring that land challenges are resolved in ways that quickly respond to local realities is what led to the development of the fit-for-purpose land administration. This article provides evidence that the fit-for-purpose land administration—as a land-based instrument for development—represents an unprecedented opportunity to provide tenure security in Africa.
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Securing Tenure in African Cities: Learnings from five small-scale incremental innovations led by local NGOs and social entrepreneurs

Reports & Research
January, 2021
Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Côte d'Ivoire
Land & Gender
Urban Tenure
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
public participation
urbanization
urban areas
tenure insecurity
Achieving tenure security, land and property rights in informal urban settlements remains one of the most persistent, intractable development challenges today. The Secure Tenure in African Cities: Micro Funds for Community Innovation initiative launched by Cities Alliance aimed to address this challenge.
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État des aires protégées et de conservation d’Afrique orientale et australe

Manuals & Guidelines
January, 2021
Eastern Africa, Southern Africa
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
climate change
forest conservation
land conservation
biodiversity
État des aires protégées et de conservation d’Afrique orientale et australe est le premier rapport regroupant des informations sur les aires protégées et de conservation dans l’ensemble de la région d’Afrique de l’Est et du Sud. La région d’Afrique orientale et australe couvre 24 pays, de l’Afrique du Sud, au sud, au Soudan, au nord, ainsi que quatre des six nations insulaires de l’océan Indien occidental.
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Hybrid land tenure administration in Dunoon, South Africa

Land Use Policy Volume 90

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2020
French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Central African Republic, Southern Africa, South Africa, United Kingdom
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land registration
land use
land tenure
research
Hybrid land tenure administration occurs in a number of South Africa’s state-subsidised housing projects and in the informal settlements from which the housing beneficiaries tend to be drawn. Ownership is the tenure form in most of these housing projects. Under ownership the law only recognises registered land transactions. Non-government tenure administration in Dunoon was organised by street and area committees that are part of the local South African National Civics Association (SANCO) branch, a community based organisation (CBO).
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Dairy Joint Ventures in South Africa’s Land and Agrarian Reform Programme: Who Benefits?

Volume 9 Issue 9

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2020
French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Central African Republic, Norway, South Africa, Southern Africa
agrarian reform
common lands
land reform
Joint Ventures (JVs) between ‘agribusiness’ investors and ‘small farmers’ or ‘customary landowners’ are being promoted in South Africa’s land and agrarian reform programme as a way to include land reform beneficiaries in the country’s competitive agricultural sector. This paper undertakes an in-depth comparative analysis of two JV dairy farms located on irrigation schemes in the former ‘homeland’ of the Ciskei, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. The community, through government investment, brings the fixed assets to the business: land, irrigation infrastructure and milking parlours.
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Exploring the Potential and Contribution of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves for Landscape Governance and Management in Africa

Volume 9 Issue 8

Peer-reviewed publication
August, 2020
Benin, Central African Republic, Ghana, Malawi, Togo, Tanzania, South Africa, Southern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
capacity development
nature reserves
sustainable development
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Biosphere Reserves strive for a harmonious interaction between humans and nature. As landscapes provide suitable units to mutually address matters of conservation and sustainable development, this study aims to explore the potential and realized contribution of biosphere reserves for landscape governance and management. We emphasize the role of stakeholder participation and cooperation as an overarching condition for integrated landscape approaches.
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Grant Results Sheet: Land and Natural Resources Tenure Security Learning Initiative for East and Southern Africa – Phase 2 (TSLI-ESA 2)

Reports & Research
August, 2020
Eastern Africa, Southern Africa
gender equity
tenure security
This initiative's goal was to develop and disseminate innovative tools and approaches to strengthen tenure security in target communities using low-cost and gender-sensitive technologies. IFAD and UN-Habitat worked together to improve knowledge management and to build the capacity of IFAD staff and partners working on IFAD-supported projects and programmes.

It was funded by a grant built on the achievements of the Land and Natural Resources Tenure Security Learning Initiative for East and Southern Africa - Phase 1, which was implemented by UN-Habitat between 2011 and 2013.