The Land Matrix is an independent land monitoring initiative that promotes transparency and accountability around large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) in low- and middle-income countries across the world. By capturing data on its website, the initiative aims to stimulate debate on the trends and impacts of LSLAs, facilitate wide participation in collecting and sharing data about these deals, and contribute to the growing movement towards open data.
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Library ResourceDatasetsRessources et Outils d'entraînementjanvier, 2009Afrique, Ouganda, Cameroun, Sénégal, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Argentine, Asie, Philippines, Europe orientale
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Library ResourceRessources et Outils d'entraînementjanvier, 2013Zambie, République-Unie de Tanzanie, Afrique du Sud, Namibie, Mozambique, Maurice, Malawi, Botswana
This case study draws on research that investigated the financial sustainability of cities in the Southern African region. The research was undertaken by the South African Cities Network (SACN). The project was jointly sponsored by the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility and the World Bank. The contribution by SACN of the material for this document is gratefully acknowledged. The learning material presents an outline of the many challenges of financial sustainability and effective service delivery facing Southern African cities.
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Library ResourceRessources et Outils d'entraînementjanvier, 2013Mozambique
This case study draws on research that investigated the extensive informal land market in Maputo, Mozambique; specifically, how urban land is transacted and the mechanisms by which it is secured. The case study is based on a research study managed by Caroline Wanjiku Kihato and Lauren Royston, and undertaken by José Alberto Raimundo (Universidade Pedagógica, Maputo) and Inês Macamo Raimundo (Universidade Eduardo Modlane, Maputo). The work received technical and financial support from Urban LandMark.
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Reforming Land Administration and Management for Equitable Growth and Social Cohesion
Rapports et recherchesRessources et Outils d'entraînementmars, 2010Madagascar, AfriqueA well-functioning land administration and management system is crucial for Madagascar's economic and social future. Land is implicated in Madagascar's ongoing economic development and social transformation in many important ways, as key a factor in its quest for economic growth, urbanization, transparent decision-making on land-related foreign investments, environment protection, vibrant and sustainable rural communities, political stability, and social cohesion.
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Library ResourceRessources et Outils d'entraînementDocuments de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2012Ouganda, Afrique
Uganda has started its journey into urbanization and economic development. The pace of urbanization is picking up currently at 4.5 percent per year, and likely to accelerate with rising incomes. The economic benefits from urban growth will come from exploiting economies of scale and agglomeration and by increasing fluidity in factor markets that enable substitution between land and non land inputs.
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesRessources et Outils d'entraînementdécembre, 2011République-Unie de Tanzanie, Afrique
Tanzania's land, local government and forest laws mean that rural communities have well defined rights to own, manage and benefit from forest and woodland resources within their local areas through the establishment of village forests. This approach, known by practitioners as Community Based Forest Management (CBFM) results in the legal establishment of village land forest reserves, community forest reserves or private forests. By 2008, 1,460 villages on mainland Tanzania1 were involved in establishing or managing village forests covering a total of over 2.345 million hectares.
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Removing Barriers to Regional Trade in Food Staples
Rapports et recherchesRessources et Outils d'entraînementoctobre, 2012Kenya, Zambie, Ouganda, Zimbabwe, République-Unie de Tanzanie, Malawi, Niger, Afrique sub-saharienne, Afrique occidentale, Afrique, Afrique orientale, Afrique australeAfrica's growing demand for food has been met increasingly by imports from the global market. This, coupled with rising global food prices, brings ever-mounting food import bills. In addition, population growth and changing demand patterns will double demands over the next 10 years. Two key issues must be addressed: (a) establishing a consistent and stable policy environment for regional trade in fertilizers; and (b) investing in institutions that reduce the transaction costs of coordination failures.
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Ethiopia
Rapports et recherchesRessources et Outils d'entraînementavril, 2012Éthiopie, AfriqueBecause agriculture is the economic backbone of most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia, any meaningful sustainable development program in the continent must therefore be anchored in the sector. The concept for this study on agribusiness indicators was based on the vital role that agribusiness plays in agricultural development. The study focuses on agribusiness indicators (ABI) to identify and isolate the determining factors that lead private investors and other stakeholders to participate in agribusiness and to engage in discourse regarding its development.
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Unlocking the Potential of Agribusiness
Rapports et recherchesRessources et Outils d'entraînementmars, 2013Kenya, Burkina Faso, Zambie, Ghana, Sénégal, Afrique sub-saharienne, AfriqueThis report highlights the great potential of the agribusiness sector in Africa by drawing on experience in Africa as well as other regions. The evidence demonstrates that good policies, a conducive business environment, and strategic support from governments can help agribusiness reach its potential. Africa is now at a crossroads, from which it can take concrete steps to realize its potential or continue to lose competitiveness, missing a major opportunity for increased growth, employment, and food security. The report pursues several lines of analysis.
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Economic Diversification and Growth in the Era of Oil and Volatility
Rapports et recherchesRessources et Outils d'entraînementjuin, 2015Ouganda, AfriqueThe objective of the Ugandan government is to make Uganda an upper - middle income country within thirty years. Economic diversification is a key component of that strategy. The country economic memorandum (CEM) report discusses how the emergence of oil and mineral production can contribute to Uganda’s effort to promote economic diversification as a means to achieve sustainable and shared growth.
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