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deed

AGROVOC URI: 
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_c10cdeb5

a deed is a written or printed instrument that effects a legal disposition such as a contract for sale.

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Nearly 300 families living on islands given land titles

Nearly 300 families living on islands given land titles

6 April 2018
Cambodia
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
deed
deed registration
land registration
land rights
title deed

The government has decided to reallocate more than 520 hectares of land in Sihanoukville’s Koh Rong and Koh Rong Sanloem communes from state land to private ownership for nearly 300 families living there.

Brazil's lack of secure property rights stoking conflict, deterring investment - report

Brazil
Land Conflicts
customary land rights
deed
deed registration
formal tenure
land conflicts
land ownership
land titling
property
property rights
regularization of ownership
security of tenure (land)
tenure regularization
title deed

By: Chris Arsenault 
Date: August 30th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Working map of a neighborhood in the city of Puri in Odisha State, India. Credit: Cadasta Foundation

Without Property Rights, Prosperity is Built on a Shaky Foundation

3 May 2019
Authors: 
Ms. Amy Coughenour Betancourt
India
Global
Urban Tenure
deed
deed registration
forest land
geographical information systems
informal property
informal settlements
land rights
land tenure
property
property rights
security of tenure (land)
slums
title deed
urban areas
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Like many homeowners in the US, I have a pile of mortgage papers and the deed to our house cluttering my cabinets, and I don’t give them much thought. Likewise, renters have a lease document—usually kept in a folder somewhere—that formalizes their right to use and enjoy that dwelling.

The 11th session of the Working Party on Land Administration: An Interview with Paul van Asperen

8 March 2019
Authors: 
Mr. Paul van Asperen
Europe
Land & Food Security
Urban Tenure
deed
land registration
land titling
sustainable development
urban areas

The recent 11thsession of the Working Party on Land Administration took place in Geneva late last month.  We spoke with Paul van Asperen of the University of Twente regarding the event.  

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Kenya Land Issuance. Disaggregated Data Analysis

Reports & Research
March 2018
Kenya
Africa
Land & Gender
deed
land
title deed
women

Kenya Land Alliance (KLA) disaggregated and analysed 1,000,099 out of about 3,200,000 title deeds issued by the Government of Kenya from 2013-17. The booklet reveals that women only got 103,043 titles representing 10.3%, while men got 865,095 titles representing 86.5% of the total.

Why title deeds aren’t the solution to South Africa’s land tenure problem

Reports & Research
August 2017
South Africa
Africa
deed
land
title deed
land tenure

Just published a new book,

LAND REGISTRATION DATA STANDARDS, INTEROPERABILITY AND DATA ACCESS IN KENYA.

Journal Articles & Books
March 2017
Kenya
Land Conflicts
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Socio-Economic & Institutional Context
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
deed
deed registration
land access
land administration
land governance
land management
land registration
open access (land)
research
right of access
sustainable land management
title deed

Land Registration and Administration in Kenya is currently operated on a multi-legal platform [UN 2013]. The Land Registration Act No. 3 of 2012 (LRA) was in that regard enacted to consolidate, harmonize and rationalize land registration goals; which are yet to be achieved.

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