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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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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.
National Land Observatory Pilot: Burkina Faso
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Under the Evaluation, Research and Communication (ERC) project, USAID is conducting a pilot project to support the initial start-up phase of a National Land Observatory (NLO) in Burkina Faso. The goal of the NLO is to strengthen Burkina Faso’s land governance and improve transparency in land transactions to promote greater consistency with the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGs). The National Land Observatory pilot project will be launched in Burkina Faso with assistance from the MCA-Burkina Faso. Support will transition to USAID starting on August 1, 2014. The NLO will be responsible for monitoring of, and support to the land tenure reform process currently underway through research, policy assessment, and dialogue. It would cover both rural and urban tenure. The NLO will identify further legal, regulatory, procedural and operational adjustments and also provide a venue for sharing research results, tools developed and lessons learned from pilot land tenure interventions. The ultimate objective of this project is to create a sustainable organization that helps enhance the performance of land institutions in the country and to promote adherence to principles outlined in the VGs in the Context of National Food Security.
Property Rights and Artisanal Diamond Development II: Guinea
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The Property Rights and Artisanal Diamond Development (PRADD) II program will build on the successes of the predecessor PRADD project that was implemented under the Property Rights and Resource Governance Task Order. PRADD and PRADD II were developed to support country compliance with the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS). The overarching goal of PRADD and PRADD II are to increase the percentage of diamonds entering the legal chain of custody, while improving the livelihoods of artisanal diamond mining communities. PRADD II is financed through a Congressional Earmark in support of the Clean Diamond Trade Act and managed by USAID’s Land Tenure and Property Rights Division within the E3 Bureau. The LTPR Division closely coordinates with the US Department of State and US Geological Survey who also provide support to the KPCS. PRADD II will continue to be a landmark program for the United States Government (USG), the Kimberley Process and the development community at large. PRADD was one of the first and largest development projects concentrated on the Kimberley Process and artisanal diamond mining challenges. Significantly, PRADD has been instrumental in helping the KPCS modify its goals from a narrow focus on traceability, regulation and enforcement systems to a broader focus recognizing the role of economic development in bringing rough diamonds into legitimate chains of custody, and consequently better addressing the challenges of conflict diamonds. This transition is demonstrated by the recent adoption of the Washington Declaration at the 2012 Kimberley Process Plenary meetings that occurred in November in Washington, DC. Due to the limited number of development institutions and experiences in the artisanal mining sector, PRADD II will continue to test and evaluate approaches to achieving its objectives while also consolidating program successes, to encourage other donors and governments to implement PRADD-type programs to achieve KPCS objectives. PRADD II also operates in Cote d’Ivoire.
Strengthening Environmental and Agricultural Research: Zambia
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The goal of the program is to positively impact the development and implementation of favorable agricultural and environmental policy that promotes agricultural-led, broad-based economic growth leading to a decrease in poverty and hunger, incorporating cross-cutting factors such as sustainable natural resource management, land tenure, gender, resilience, adaptation and mitigation to climate change, research and technology, and nutrition, through institutionalizing and indigenizing evidence-based policy discussion, formulation and implementation by and among broad stakeholders and government actors.