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New Land and Investments Portfolio Features Tools for Responsible Land Investments

18 March 2020

Africa

Global

The nature and scale of investments in land in developing countries has divided opinion many contexts, especially where local people depend on access to land for agriculture.

Myanmar: Govt. will return lands confiscated during military rule; legislator alleged that 200 acres were instead sold to businesses

6 January 2020

Myanmar

Government vows to speed up return of confiscated farmland

Have your say on the amending the South African Constitution in relation to land expropriation

6 January 2020

Southern Africa

Have Your Say: The Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill [B – 2019]

Blogs

Debating land expropriation and constitutional amendments in South Africa

5 February 2020

Authors:

Dr. Marc Wegerif

South Africa

The Parliament of South Africa has agreed to amend the Constitution of the country in order to make it explicit that it is possible to expropriate land without paying compensation in order to further land reforms. The supporters of this move - the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) – argue that this is necessary to speed up land reforms in order to overcome the continuing extreme and still largely racially defined inequalities in land ownership.

Conference on Land Policy in Africa 2019: An Interview with Kenya Land Alliance's Odenda Lumumba

21 November 2019

Authors:

Mr. ODENDA LUMUMBA

Africa

Next week the Conference on Land Policy in Africa - Winning the Fight against Corruption in the Land Sector: Sustainable Pathway for Africa’s Transformation, will take place in Abidjan. The African Union recognises that corruption is a key factor hampering efforts at promoting governance, socio-economic transformation, peace and security, and the enjoyment of human rights in the Member States.

Consent is Everybody’s Business: Why banks need to act on free, prior and informed consent

27 August 2019

Authors:

Imke Greven

Africa

Latin America and the Caribbean

Asia

Global

Banks must stand with Indigenous and local communities in respecting their land rights

In 2018, every week more than three people were murdered, defending their land and environment from destructive industries like mining, logging and agribusiness. These killings represent the extreme end of a spectrum of violence and threats directed at land rights defenders.

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Discussions

Land and Corruption in Africa in 3 Topics

Closed

17 July 2019 to 7 August 2019

Facilitators:

Jean Brice Tetka

Mary Maneno

Michael Okai

Dr. Simon Manda

Mr. Gerald Padde Auku

Partners:

Land Portal Foundation

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Transparency International

African Land Policy Centre

Africa

Kenya

Uganda

Zambia

Ghana

Land corruption in Africa Download the Report of the discussion.

Towards Sustainable Land Governance in Kenya

Closed

22 August 2017 to 29 September 2017

Kenya

Global

Background

From August 22nd to September 15th 2017 the Land Development and Governance Institute (LDGI) and Land Portal Foundation will co- facilitate an online debate that will involve the contribution of major stakeholders focusing on contemporary Kenyan land governance issues.

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Events

International Anti-Corruption Day

9 December 2019

Global

On this International Day, I urge people everywhere to continue to work on innovative solutions to win the battle against corruption and to ensure that precious resources serve the peoples of the world.

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres

Organizations:

United Nations

Webinar: The State of Support for Open Data in Land Governance

6 November 2019

Location

Online

XX

Africa

Global

Organizations:

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Land Portal Foundation

Open Data for Development

Omidyar Network

International Development Research Centre

New Perspectives on Acquisitive Prescription

10 May 2018 to 11 May 2018

Location

Het Kasteel

Melkweg 1

Groningen

Netherlands

See map: Google Maps

NL

Global

Dr Björn Hoops (Groningen) and Dr Ernst Marais (Johannesburg) are organising an international conference, entitled “New perspectives on acquisitive prescription”. The University of Groningen, in collaboration with the University of Johannesburg, will host the event at Het Kasteel, Melkweg 1, in Groningen, The Netherlands, from 10-11 May 2018

Organizations:

University of Groningen

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Library

Land Corruption in Africa in 3 Topics

Reports & Research

September 2019

Africa

Kenya

Uganda

Zambia

Ghana

From July 17 to August 7, 2019, the Land Portal Foundation, the African Land Policy Center, GIZ and Transparency International Chapters in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda co-facilitated the dialogue Land Corruption in Africa addressing the role of traditional leaders in customary land administration, forced evictions as a form of land corruption and its Impact on women’s land rights and an analysis of

Webinar Report: Land in Post-Conflict Settings

Reports & Research

June 2019

Uganda

Myanmar

Global

Post-war societies not only have to deal with continuing unpeaceful relations but also land-related conflict legacies, farmland and forest degradation, heavily exploited natural resources, land mines, a destroyed infrastructure, as well as returning refugees and ex-combatants.

Understanding Land in the Context of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions: A Brief History of Land in Economics

Journal Articles & Books

January 2019

Africa

Latin America and the Caribbean

Asia

Global

In economics, land has been traditionally assumed to be a fixed production factor, both in terms of quantity supplied and mobility, as opposed to capital and labor, which are usually considered to be mobile factors, at least to some extent.

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Organizations

Andrew Chilombo

PhD Student, University of Edinburgh School of Geosciences

Economic valuation of ecosystem services for improved land governance and livelihoods: case study in large scale land acquisitions in Zambia

Land Development and Governance Institute (LDGI)

MISSION: To contribute to improved livelihoods through offering a bridge between communities, stakeholders and policy makers in the promotion of equitable access and sustainable management of land and natural resources.

VISION: To become a centre of excellence in promoting the application of appropriate land policies, laws and management practices by empowering society through innovative and knowledge based advocacy and capacity building in Kenya and the region.

LDGI values of Integrity, Trust and Professionalism influence the way we work every day and everywhere.

National Land Commission (NLC)

OUR VISION

Excellent administration and management of land for sustainable development

OUR MISSION

To implement an efficient land administration and management system in order to ensure equity in access to land

CORE VALUES

Efficiency
Transparency and Accountability
Innivativeness
Integrity
Professionalism
Rule Of Law
Independence

MOTTO

Nicholas K. Tagliarino (NKT)

The legal data collected for Nicholas Tagliarino's dissertation and posted on Land Book examines whether national expropriation, compensation, and resettlement laws in developing countries are adopting international standards designed to secure tenure rights and ensure responsible land governance. The analysis conducted for this dataset is based on Section 16 of the UN Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure, which establishes standards on expropriation, compensation, and resettlement.

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