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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
Access to Land & Tenure Security
Land Stakeholders & Institutions
deed
deed registration
land registration
land rights
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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.

Villagers in Kinywang’anga celebrate the completion of land registration efforts in their community. USAID

Rural Tanzanians Map Their Country’s Future

11 May 2017
Tanzania
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It is mid-morning in Kiponzelo village and already the sun weighs heavily on the Tanzanian landscape. As noon approaches, 23-year-old Gaspar Bangi picks his way through the scrub, trailing one of several surveying teams at work in the community.

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

Brazil
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customary land rights
deed
deed registration
formal tenure
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land titling
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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
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Urban Tenure
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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.

Photo by: Thomas Cristofoletti / USAID

Land, Front and Center in Colombia

17 April 2018
Authors: 
Mr.  Nicholas Parkinson
Colombia
Access to Land & Tenure Security
Land & Food Security
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The history of land rights in Colombia is a centuries-old tale of colonialism, highly concentrated land ownership and unsuccessful agrarian reforms. Fifty years of civil strife have left vast sections of the country’s land undocumented, vulnerable to land record manipulation and outright lawlessness.

Property rights have a storytelling problem: 5 tips for getting the story right

Property rights have a storytelling problem: 5 tips for getting the story right

18 January 2018
Authors: 
Yuliya Panfil
Africa
Nigeria
Global
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marital property rights
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title deed

It's time to ditch the jargon and tell stories about property rights that create the impact needed for change

In a world bombarded with information, stories are everything. Strong storylines can inspire movements and shift attitudes. The “99 percent” story sparked a global conversation about income inequality, and fueled the Occupy Wall Street movement.

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Innovations in Land Registry Management (Cross-Cutting)

Innovations in Land Registry Management (Cross-Cutting)

Policy Papers & Briefs
February 2018
Global
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Socio-Economic & Institutional Context
cadastral administration
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cadastres
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Land registries play a key role in protecting landholders against dispossession and promoting good governance and economic development. Effective land agencies provide efficient and accessible land registration services, transparent land information, and clear ownership records to prevent disputes.

Land Rights

LAND RIGHTS ADJUDICATION: Developing Principles and Processes for ESTA and Labour Tenant Rights' Holders

Reports & Research
June 2017
Africa
Southern Africa
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The report provides a conceptual framework for understanding the application of 'adjudication' to land rights verification as part of a general land administration function that includes offregister rights; and outlines the motivation for developing such as system in South Africa, with some provisional ideas about systematising and institutionalising land rights adjudication to include off-regi

Land for infrastructure development: compulsory acquisition and compensation of unregistered/undocumented land in Kenya

Journal Articles & Books
March 2017
Kenya
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Kenya’s Vision 2030 aims at transforming the country into a newly industrialized middle income country

and infrastructural development is high on the agenda to achieve this. Competing land uses and existing

interests in land make the use of eminent domain by government in acquiring land inevitable. However

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Organizations

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.

Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning (Kenya) (MOLPP)

Mission

To facilitate efficient land administration and management, acess to adequate and affordable housing, social and physical infrastructure for national development

Vision

To be a globally competitive organization in sustainable management of Land and built environment

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