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   USAID Assists Timor-Leste in Developing Land Policies, Ending Conflict

   Articles et Livres

   janvier, 2013

   Timor-Leste

   Conflits liés à la terre

   gouvernance foncière

   loi foncière

   politique foncière

   conflit foncier

   dispute foncière

   tenure foncière

   propriété foncière

   A nation formed just 10 years ago, Timor-Leste struggles to overcome complex challenges of land ownership and use rights that were created under Portuguese and Indonesian rule. Competing land claims between individuals, and between individuals and the state, are quite common and occasionally result in armed conflict and deaths. Complicating the problem is the absence of a property rights legal framework in which to address land matters.

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   LAND POLICY AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT (LPIS) PROJECT

   CUSTOMARY LAND TENURE IN LIBERIA: FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS DRAWN FROM 11 CASE STUDIES

   Rapports et recherches

   février, 2012

   Libéria

   politique foncière

   ressource naturelle

   accès à la terre

   droit foncier coutumier

   régime coutumier

   communauté locale

   This report synthesizes the findings from field research on land and natural resource tenure in 11 administrative clan units (henceforth referred to as „clans‟) in Liberia, including Ding, Dobli, Gbanshay, Little Kola, Mana, Motor Road, Saykleken, Tengia, Upper Workor, Ylan, and the community of Nitrian. The report presents an analysis of critical implications of the findings of the study and provides recommendations for addressing sources of tenure insecurity faced by rural communities in Liberia.

3. Library Resource

   

   Debating South Africa's Land Policies

   juillet, 2012

   Afrique du Sud

   terre

   politique foncière

   possession

   Writing at the Council on Foreign Relations’ “Africa in Transition” blog, John Campbell notes that South Africa’s land “issue” is not so simple. How true. Back in 1994 the ANC pledged to transfer ownership and control of 30% of white-owned farmlands to black South Africans by 2014. The process, based on a “willing buyer/willing seller” model has been halting at best and too often communities and farmers that did benefit from a redistribution of land lacked the background or capital to develop sustainable commercial entities.

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   USAID and State Department shine spotlight on development to prevent ‘conflict diamonds’

   juin, 2012

   possession

   développement

   Last week, the United States hosted the 2012 Intercessional meetings of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS). The KPCS is a voluntary process that diamond producing and diamond buying countries agree to, in order to prevent ‘conflict diamonds’ from entering the market. Ambassador Milovanovic and the State Department serve as the chair for activities this year; however, USAID is playing a role due to the increasing emphasis on development as a critical component to successful implementation of the KPCS.
   

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   Infographic on Women and Agriculture Highlights Land as a Development Constraint

   janvier, 2012

   terre

   agriculture

   possession

   développement

   femme

   A recent USAID publication titled, The Global State of Agriculture, cites access to land as one reason why women farmers are less productive than men. Structures within the statutory and customary land tenure systems compounded by societal norms in many locations limit a woman's ability to secure land. Click the links below to see the infographic and a report outlining land tenure and property rights challenges for women.
   To view the infographic, click here.
   To read the full report linking Land Tenure, Property Rights and Gender Challenges, click here.

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   Land Tenure, Property Rights and Gender

   Documents de politique et mémoires

   avril, 2012

   Global

   Terre et genre

   parité hommes-femmes en matière d’accès à la terre

   droit d' héritage sur la terre

   droit de propriété

   femme

   The limited research on the benefits of women gaining secure rights to land and property suggest positive results: an increase in women’s participation in household decision-making; an increase in net household income; a reduction in domestic violence; an increased ability to prevent being infected by HIV/AIDS; and increased expenditures on food and education for children. Understanding the complexity surrounding women’s land rights is critical to ensuring that those rights are protected and improved.