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Governance and Land Relations. A Review of Decentralisation of Land Administration and Management in Africa
… Are rural Africans gaining more control over how their land relations and their land use decisions are decided? Is their access and input to … to have land interests and transactions recorded, and what kind of rights do these institutions recognise? These are the kind of questions … Land acquisitions and rights …
Publication, 01 June 2003
Women walk along a red dirt road in Benin.
Is the tide turning for Africa’s investment treaties?
… law requirements. Similarly, investment treaties typically establish rights, but not obligations for investors. Most treaties say little or … Institute for Sustainable Development. Balancing up investor rights and obligations This changing context is facilitating the … standards means very little. This asymmetry between investor rights and obligations under the treaty compounds wider imbalances in …
Insight, 08 March 2013
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Rocky Road Towards Sustainable Livelihoods: Land reform in Free State, South Africa, The
… and development (ANC, 1994). Central to the RDP is the process of land reform and a reorientation in the focus and objectives of the … Land acquisitions and rights … Rocky Road Towards Sustainable Livelihoods: Land reform in Free State, South Africa, The …
Publication, 01 January 1998
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A Role for Common Property Institutions in Land Redistribution Programmes in South Africa
Publication, 01 January 1995
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La réforme foncière au Cameroun : une vision cohérente proposée par la société civile
… Land acquisitions and rights …
Publication, 27 May 2021
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Définition des mesures de compensation des exploitants non-propriétaires de Kandadji au Niger
… involve, among other consequences, the appropriation of agricultural land owned by customary holders but also in many cases sub-holdings of … 50 years for owners in compensation for their expropriated property rights. But how should the State compensate for the loss of the right of use by non-landowners working on expropriated land? This working paper addresses the issue. The study, conducted by a …
Publication, 01 May 2016
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Réformes foncières en Guinée : défis et perspectives pour la reconnaissance des droits légitimes
… Land acquisitions and rights …
Publication, 25 March 2021
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Influencer collectivement les orientations d’une réforme foncière : enseignements de la mobilisation des organisations de la société civile au Sénégal
… Land acquisitions and rights …
Publication, 22 February 2021
The new OpenLandContracts.org database will contain the details of publicly available investment contracts from around the world (Image: Columbia Centre for Sustainable Investment (CCSI))
New online database of investment contracts hailed as a "game changer"
… details of publicly available investment contracts for large-scale land, agriculture, and forestry projects from around the world. It will … to download contracts, as well as view summaries of key social, human rights, environmental, fiscal, and operational provisions.  The launch … game-changer" for people wanting to scrutinise investments in the land and agriculture sector.  He will also set out the key challenges …
News, 06 October 2015
Phnom Penh: activists, students, monks and community members deliver a petition to Cambodia's National Assembly calling for increased protection for the country's natural resources (Photo: Luon Sovath, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED to host webinar on promoting accountability in agricultural investment chains
… are happening, and working to protect the environment and the rights of citizens. On 11 September 2015, IIED hosted a webinar on … and middle-income countries that want to support communities whose land rights and livelihoods are affected by agricultural … his practical experience in promoting accountability in relation to land concessions in Cambodia. The webinar also saw the launch of a new …
Event, 11 September 2015