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We envision a world in which land governance systems, both formal and informal, are effective, accessible, and responsive for all. This is possible when land tenure and property rights are recognized as critical development issues and when the United States Government and its development partners demonstrate consistent attention and a firm commitment to supporting coordinated policies and programs that clarify and strengthen the land tenure and property rights of all members of society, enabling broad-based economic growth, gender equality, reduced incidence of conflicts, enhanced food security, improved resilience to climate change, and effective natural resource management.
Mission Statement
The USAID Land Tenure and Resource Management (LTRM) Office will lead the United States Government to realize international efforts—in accordance with the U.S. Government’s Land Governance Policy—to clarify and strengthen the land tenure and property rights of all members of society—individuals, groups and legal entities, including those individuals and groups that are often marginalized, and the LTRM Office will help ensure that land governance systems are effective, accessible, and responsive. We will achieve this by testing innovative models for securing land tenure and property rights and disseminating best practice as it relates to securing land rights and improving resource governance within the USG and our development partners.
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Displaying 371 - 375 of 440Punjab Land Records Management and Information Systems Project - Additional Financing
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Punjab Land Records Management and Information Systems Project - Additional Financing
Land Rights and Access Threshold Program
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The MCC Threshold Program for land rights and access seeks to: 1) increase clarity and public understanding of property rights issues in order to inform the land policy and law reform process; 2) rebuild management and public and private surveying capacity to improve future land administration; and 3) increase efficiency in deed registration, and restore, and improve deed records and procedures.
Improvement of Municipal Cadastral Procedures: Paraguay
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The Mejora de los Procedimientos Catastrales Municipales project aims to promote the improvement of the institutional links between the National Cadastre and municipalities in the generation, processing, evaluation and integration of the cadastral system information.
Promoting Peace through Land Dispute Management: Rwanda
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The Promoting Peace through Land Dispute Management project aims to manage and mitigate land-related conflict by improving the capacity and effectiveness of local institutions in managing land disputes. The project will also create a safe space for communities to discuss issues before they escalate into conflict. Applying a people-to-people approach, this program builds on the success of existing programs and local institutions to facilitate the handling of land disputes. The project will train Community Resource Persons (CRPs) to facilitate land dispute management and community dialogues. Community dialogues will provide a safe space for diverse groups to discuss land issues, allowing participants to break down barriers through exchange and discussion of common interests. These dialogues will also help increase the understanding of land issues that communities face, while stimulating a search for community-driven solutions. In turn, these discussions will provide important insights about land-related issues that will inform broader policy debate, providing the government information to make more informed and more responsive land policies. In collaboration with local organizations, the National Women’s Council and Haguruka, the project will focus on achieving the following objectives: Objectives Creating an institutionalized network of CRPs trained to manage land disputes in their communities Improving the legal, policy, and institutional framework for land dispute management by making it more responsive, participatory, and better informed Outcomes Held 21 community dialogues that brought together over 450 participants to increase their understanding of land issues Peacefully resolved 89 intra-household land disputes involving women at the community level Trained over 1,700 people on conflict resolution and women’s land rights Aired 25 episodes of the Ubutaka Bwacu radio show on land rights and land disputes Completed a land dispute mapping exercise in the Eastern Province to improve data on land conflict
Property Rights and Resource Governance: Global
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The Property Rights and Resource Governance (PRRG) Project was a six-year global program focused on efforts to support property rights and natural resources governance. This program included the development of analytical tools that USAID used to support land tenure and property rights (LTPR) programming. Specifically, these focused on LTPR assessments, LTPR impact evaluations, LTPR sequencing, and the specific nuance associated with LTPR and women/vulnerable groups, and LTPR and post-conflict/stabililzation settings. This program also contained a strong knowledge management component, dedicated to helping the Agency capture and learn from lessons and best practices evolving in this realm of international development. This program also developed training courses and tools for USAID and US Government programming personnel and their partners in Washington, D.C., and in USAID programming regions worldwide.