Gareth
Benest

Gareth Benest is the communications coordinator for the Land and Corruption in Africa programme at Transparency International.

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Sub-Saharan Africa

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Communications Lead: Africa Land and Corruption Project

Affiliation:

Transparency International (TI)

Transparency International is a global movement working in over 100 countries to end the injustice of corruption.

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Transparency International

Location:

London

United Kingdom

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News

EU must stop supporting the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition

Africa

Blog post

Murky land deals: citizens pay the highest price

South Africa

More than 20 years into its democracy, South Africa is still a long way from returning all 24.5 million hectares of land back to the communities who were dispossessed of it during apartheid.

Library Resource

An analysis of the impact of land-related corruption on women: case studies from Ghana and Zimbabwe

Report about land-related corruption affecting women in Africa

Policy Papers & Briefs

March, 2016

Africa, Ghana, Zimbabwe

This paper, presented at the 2016 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, explores the intersection between land corruption and women's access and ownership of land. Through analyzing a series of case studies, the paper notes that land access and ownership is increasingly defined by

variables such as power, patronage and politics.

Blog post

Corruption on the land: giving a voice to women, demanding change

Zimbabwe

By Mary Jane Ncube, Farai Shone Mutondoro and Manase Chiweshe

In Zimbabwe land is power. And when this power is abused to score political points or amass wealth illegally, the most vulnerable citizens are the hardest hit. In the traditionally patriarchal communities of Zimbabwe, these citizens are most often women.

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land equity
-gender equity
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--rights in divorce
-protection of minorities
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land governance
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--conflict of interest
--post-conflict settings
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--land inheritance rights
--land policies
--property law
-land reform
--agrarian reform
--negotiated land reform
-land-use planning
--building units
--land classification
--land distribution
--land readjustment
--profiles
--rural planning
--urban planning
--utility networks
--zoning
-public participation
-rule of law
--codification
--common law
--customary law
--Islamic law
--legal pluralism
--statute law
-urbanization
--infrastructure
--rights to the city
--slum upgrading
--social housing
land management
-environment
--climate change
--desertification
--land degradation
--natural disasters
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-fisheries
-forestry
--community forestry
--deforestation
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-land area
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--arable land
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--common lands
---communal territory
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--green belts
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--land cover change
--rangelands
--urban land
--wetlands
-land use
--agricultural land management
---farming systems
----agroforestry systems
----agropastoral systems
----livestock
----peri-urban agriculture
--agriculture
--forest management plans
--grazing
--intensive land use
--land clearing
--land conservation
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--mining
--nature reserves
--sustainable land management
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-natural resources
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--land
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---biodiversity
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land markets
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--alienation (land)
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---disturbance
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--concession (land)
--Dowry (land)
--encroachment
--government purchases
--land allocation
--lineage
---matrilineal lineage
---patrilineal lineage
--prescription
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--trust
-land economics
--adjudication
--capital value (land)
--land delivery
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--pre-emption rights
--transaction costs
-land investments
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--foreign investment
--investment funds
--land deals
--land grabbing
--responsible investment
-land-based financing
--collateral (land)
--land loans
--land rent
--land tax
---inheritance tax
--land valuation
--land value capture
land rights
-human settlements
--displacement
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--informal settlements
--landlessness
--migration
--occupation
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-land access
--control rights
--management rights
--right of access
--right of first occupancy
--rights of clearance
--use rights
--usufruct
--waste (abuse)
-land conflicts
--land dispute
---independent experts
---land dispute resolution
-land contracts
--contract farming
--grazing contracts
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---farm tenancy
--manure contract
-land tenure
--common rights
--community land rights
--continuum in land rights
--customary land rights
--grazing land rights
--group tenure arrangements
---commons
--housing rights
--indigenous peoples' land rights
--land ownership
---co-ownership rights
---collective ownership
---communal ownership
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--land tenure systems
---customary tenure
---formal tenure
---freehold
---indigenous people's tenure
---informal tenure regimes
---leaseholds
---open access (land)
---religious tenure regimes
---statutory tenure
--orphans land rights
--pastoral land rights
--riparian rights
--tenant's rights
--tenure insecurity
--tenure regularization
--tenure security
---perception of tenure security
--water rights
-property
--common property
--informal property
--private property
--property rights
---marital property rights
--servient tenement
--state property
land stakeholders
-activities
--advocacy
--assessment
--capacity development
--legal empowerment
--monitoring
--research
-families
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--smallholders
--tenant farmers
-government
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-private sector
--extractive industries
--palm oil industries
-rural population
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-Northern Africa
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---Chad
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---Democratic Republic of the Congo
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---Gabon
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---Lesotho
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--Western Africa
---Benin
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---Cape Verde
---Gambia
---Ghana
---Guinea
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---Mali
---Mauritania
---Niger
---Nigeria
---Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
---Senegal
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---Togo
Americas
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---Anguilla
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--Latvia
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--Sweden
--United Kingdom
-Southern Europe
--Albania
--Andorra
--Bosnia and Herzegovina
--Croatia
--Gibraltar
--Greece
--Holy See
--Italy
--North Macedonia
--Malta
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-Western Europe
--Austria
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--Liechtenstein
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--Netherlands
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Oceania
-Australia and New Zealand
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--Cocos (Keeling) Islands
--Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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-Melanesia
--Fiji
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--Guam
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--Marshall Islands
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--Nauru
--Northern Mariana Islands
--Palau
--United States Minor Outlying Islands
-Polynesia
--American Samoa
--Cook Islands
--French Polynesia
--Niue
--Pitcairn Islands
--Samoa
--Tokelau
--Tonga
--Tuvalu
--Wallis and Futuna Islands
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-Antarctica
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-Amazonia
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-England
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GarethBenest

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Gareth
Benest