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Report of the discussion on the right to land for shelter

The online discussion went on from Dec. 5th to 21st.

Reports & Research
January, 2013
Global
Land & Investments
Indigenous Peoples
farmers
local communities
women
landlessness
agrarian reform
land rights
land grabbing
property law
common property
rural development
land governance
land policies
land area
food security
legal empowerment
land conflicts
advocacy
capacity development
cadastres
natural resources management
gender equity in access to land
Please find here the report of the online discussion facilitated by Ekta Parishad on the land portal in December 2012 : Is the right to land for shelter a human right? Many thanks to all of the participants for their very interesting inputs, which will contribute to the ongoing negociations with the indian government.

Special thanks to Dominik Pauli for his great support and commitment.
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Conflicts Over Land - A Role for Responsible and Inclusive Business

Reports & Research
January, 2014
Asia
Land & Investments
advocacy
agrarian reform
agriculture
cadastres
capacity development
climate change
common property
desertification
environment
extractive industries
farmers
fisheries
food security
forestry
gender equity in access to land
Indigenous Peoples
land area
land conflicts
land governance
land grabbing
land markets
land policies
land rights
landlessness
legal empowerment
local communities
natural resources management
pastoralists
property law
research
rural development
women
This briefing paper makes the case for proactive business engagement in respecting land rights and ensuring legal, fair and inclusive practices on land use, access to natural resources and equitable development opportunities. It outlines key challenges, provides an overview of existing instruments that can help companies address issues related to land, and points to practical entry points for improved business practices.
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Women’s Land Rights in Rwanda: How can they be protected and strengthened as the Land Law is implemented

Reports & Research
September, 2006
Rwanda
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
women
land inheritance rights
property rights
land policies
land dispute
land administration
land information systems
land tenure systems
tenure security
marital property rights
In Rwanda, two factors make land a highly important and contested issue. First,
Rwanda has the highest person-to-land ratio in Africa. This creates tremendous
pressure on land in a country where most of the population lives in rural areas, and
where agriculture remains the central economic activity. Second, Rwanda is recovering
from massive population shifts caused by decades of ethnic strife and the 1994 civil war
and genocide, which resulted in displaced populations and overlapping land claims.
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Las condiciones jurídicas de acceso a la tierra para campesinos e indígenas en Bolivia - Esteban Sanjinés. Fundación TIERRA. (marzo 2013)

Policy Papers & Briefs
May, 2014
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil
land access
gender equity in access to land
women
property
collective ownership
common property
private ownership
Indigenous Peoples
land reform
agrarian reform
territory
indigenous peoples' lands
land titling
Repasa la legislación agraria desde la reforma de 1953, pasando por la constitución del 2009 y la legislación boliviana hasta septiembre del 2013.
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La comunidad Huntuta y las tierras de Dania

Reports & Research
July, 2015
Bolivia
land access
land inheritance rights
gender equity in access to land
women
land titling
El caso señala a una niña que logra titular una porción de tierra a su nombre. Se trata de una mujer que logra ejercer su derecho a la sucesión y acceso a la tierra. La experiencia de Dania, su momento histórico en una comunidad andina cambiante, la convierten en un referente para las decisiones agrarias, al expresar una acción admirable por precautelar su bienestar y seguridad jurídica.
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USAID Report on Land Tenure & Cocoa Production in Ghana

A CRIG/WCF Collaborative Survey, February 2017

Reports & Research
April, 2017
Ghana
boundaries
gender equity in access to land
land inheritance rights
customary law
land use
agricultural land management
agriculture
land
alienation (land)
encroachment
collateral (land)
land access
control rights
land conflicts
farm tenancy
community land rights
customary land rights
customary tenure
farmers
rural population
women
The Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG), with support from the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), performed the Ghana Land Tenure Baseline Survey, the first of its kind survey of tenure rights among cocoa farmers in Ghana. CRIG surveyed almost 1,800 cocoa farmers operating 3,900 cocoa plots regarding various land tenure issues within customary sharecropping arrangements and on owner-managed land. This report describes the findings from the Survey.
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Application of Fiscal Instruments in Land Management

A Case Study of Kajiado County

Reports & Research
May, 2012
Kenya
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
assessment
assignment (land)
cadastral administration
cadastral register
cadastres
capital value (land)
co-ownership rights
collateral (land)
collective ownership
common lands
common law
common rights
communal ownership
community land rights
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
concession (land)
control rights
customary land rights
deed registration
development
environment
gender equity in access to land
grazing land rights
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous peoples' lands
indigenous people's tenure
investment funds
land access
land administration
land allocation
land deals
land distribution
land economics
land governance
land information systems
land investments
land loans
land markets
land ownership
land policies
land rent
land speculation
land tax
land tenure systems
land transactions
land transfers
property rights
public ownership
sustainable development
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
tenure regularization
title deeds
Torrens system
use rights
Fiscal instruments are tools that governments use to manage revenue and expenditure and therefore influence the growth (or stability) of the various sectors of the economy. Government revenue is derived primarily through taxation. In Kenya, land taxation has contributed less than 1% of government revenue for the past three years. The Sessional Paper No.
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Large Scale Land Acquisitions for Investment in Kenya

Is the participation, and benets of affected local communities meaningful, and equitable?

Journal Articles & Books
Reports & Research
December, 2016
Kenya
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
alienation (land)
capital value (land)
communal ownership
community land rights
compensation
gender equity in access to land
indigenous peoples' lands
indigenous people's tenure
land access
land acquisitions
land administration
land allocation
land consolidation
land economics
land governance
land law
land management
land subdivision
land tenure
land tenure systems
land transactions
land valuation
local communities
natural resources management
regularization of illegal occupation
research
tenure security
Land acquisitions, either driven by foreign investments or domestic investment needs have continued to polarize opinions. When this research was proposed, it was premised on arguments by scholars Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Helen Markelova, who had analysed agricultural land deals, and argued that there were potentially two schools of thought about foreign acquisitions over agricultural land.
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Safeguards for communities during acquisition of land for investment purposes

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2016
Kenya
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
community land rights
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
customary tenure
formal tenure
gender equity in access to land
indigenous peoples' land rights
Indigenous Peoples
indigenous people's tenure
intensive land use
land access
land acquisitions
land administration
land management
land suitability
land use
public ownership
sustainable development
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
title deeds
women
Kenya is going through a period of intense transition. The country's main development policy, Vision 2030, is just entering the second Medium Term Plan of Implementation from 2013. The development priorities focus extensively on large scale investments, for industrial, irrigated agriculture, utilization of newly discovered natural resources, and infrastructure development. Land is therefore a central commodity for realization of the sought after socioeconomic transformation.
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Policy and Legislative criteria for acquisition and granting of land for investment purposes in Kenya

Policy Papers & Briefs
February, 2016
Kenya
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
adjudication
advocacy
communal ownership
community land rights
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
extractive industries
gender equity in access to land
Indigenous Peoples
indigenous people's tenure
land access
land acquisitions
land administration
land governance
land information systems
land management
land tenure
land tenure systems
local communities
statutory tenure
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
Kenya is currently implementing a number of large scale infrastructure and development projects aimed at trans forming the country into a newly industrializing, middle-income country. For this, the government has had to compulsorily acquire large tracts of land upon which the infrastructure is set.