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The act or process of governing, especially the control and administration of public policy in a political unit.

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Little Progress in Practice

Reports & Research
May 2022
Africa
Land & Investments
VGGT
land governance
land investments
foreign investment
land grabbing
land tenure
land tenure systems
tenure insecurity
government

Despite the progress made in terms of global and national land policy frameworks, effective changes in practices remain limited.

BTI 2022 Country Report: Georgia

Reports & Research
February 2022
Georgia
Land & Corruption
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
gender equity
land governance
corruption
environment
land economics
land investments
government

The governing Georgian Dream party (GD) continues to control all branches of the state. Although the UNM-led opposition put pressure on the GD government, it won a third term in allegedly fraudulent parliamentary elections on October 31, 2020. The opposition refused to take up their seats in the new parliament, which led to a political deadlock.

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LAND-at-scale Burkina Faso

Policy Papers & Briefs
January 2022
Burkina Faso
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land registration
gender equity in access to land
land governance
food security
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
land conflicts
tenure security
advocacy
capacity development
legal empowerment
government
local communities
youth
women

This one-pager provides details on the LAND-at-scale project in Burkina Faso. This project is implemented by Nitidae, Observatoire National du Foncier Burkina Faso (ONF-BF), Oxfam Burkina Faso, and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via the Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency. 

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LAND-at-scale Mali

Policy Papers & Briefs
November 2021
Mali
Land & Food Security
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land governance
food security
land policies
land reform
customary law
climate change
sustainable land use
land conflicts
land dispute resolution
customary tenure
formal tenure
capacity development
government
pastoralists
women

This one-pager provides details on the LAND-at-scale project in Mali. This project is implemented by SNV, KIT, Université des Sciences Juridiques et Politiques de Bamako and Coordination Nationale des Organisations Paysannes, and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via the Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency. 

Fighting agrocolonialism in the Congo

November 2021
Congo
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Forest Tenure
land rights
land
dispossession
government

The restitution of ancestral land rights in Namibia has  divided opinions since independence. Some argue it is a fitting process in dealing with colonial era land dispossessions;others are concerned about the complexity of implementing this kind of restitution.

Guide pour l’ouverture des donn es ouvertes

Guide pour l’ouverture des donnees ouvertes pour une meilleure gouvernance fonciere

Manuals & Guidelines
October 2021
Global
Land & Corruption
land administration
spatial source
spatial units
land governance
land policies
land tenure
indigenous peoples' land rights
open access (land)
tenure security
perception of tenure security
government
open data

Les Open Up Guides sont des outils pratiques développés par l’ODC et ses partenaires thématiques pour aider les gouvernements et d’autres acteurs à utiliser la publication d’ensembles de données stratégiques pour relever les principaux défis politiques.

Uganda: A decade of land grabs with impunity

October 2021
Uganda
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
land
government
eviction

Gives details of how villagers in Chilonga in Zimbabwe’s Masvingo province are being kicked off their land;paving the way for growing lucerne grass as stockfeed. Cites some individual case histories;government support to the giant dairy company Dendairy and attempts to resist the evictions.

Open Up Guide for Land Governance, Version 2.0 (following public comments)

Manuals & Guidelines
October 2021
Global
Land & Corruption
land administration
spatial source
spatial units
land governance
land policies
land tenure
indigenous peoples' land rights
open access (land)
tenure security
perception of tenure security
government
open data

The Open Up Guide on Land Governance is a resource  aimed to be used by governments from developing countries to collect and release land-related data to improve data quality, availability, accessibility and use for improved citizen engagement, decision making and innovation. It sets out: