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  1. Library Resource
    Woman stanfing in a farm
    Reports & Research
    May, 2022
    Tanzania, Global

    This report presents the results of a mixed-methods study on the role of customary land documentation in strengthening Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE). The overarching purpose was to help fill critical knowledge gaps on if and how strengthening women’s land rights via formalized customary land documentation affects their empowerment and economic growth, with a specific focus on women’s access to credit and other financial services, land investments and income opportunities.

  2. Library Resource
    Cartographie des sites miniers artisanaux dans l’ouest de la Centrafrique
    Reports & Research
    April, 2020
    Central African Republic

    Le présent rapport constitue un diagnostic du secteur minier artisanal dans l’ouest de la République de Centrafrique (RCA) et présente les enjeux de l’exploitation, du commerce et de l’exportation de l’or et des diamants. D’avril à juillet 2019, l’International Peace Information Service (IPIS), en partenariat avec les autorités locales, a réalisé une cartographie des sites miniers artisanaux dans l’ouest de la RCA.  Au total, 322 sites ont été visité dans 7 préfectures.

  3. Library Resource
    Woman in the farm
    Reports & Research
    May, 2022
    Tanzania

    This report presents the results of a mixed-methods study on the role of customary land documentation in strengthening Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE). The overarching purpose was to help fill critical knowledge gaps on if and how strengthening women’s land rights via formalized customary land documentation affects their empowerment and economic growth, with a specific focus on women’s access to credit and other financial services, land investments and income opportunities.

  4. Library Resource
    Madagascar -Land Tenure and Property Rights Profile
    Reports & Research
    November, 2020
    Madagascar

    Madagascar is the world’s fourth largest island with a total land area of 581,800 km². The country’s unique wildlife and biodiversity resources have attracted tourists and significant donor investments over the last three decades. In 2003, the Government of Madagascar committed to tripling protected areas and, by 2016, the country’s total coverage of protected areas had increased from 1.6 million to 7.1 million hectares.Madagascar adopted a new approach to protected area management in 2006.

  5. Library Resource
    Property Rights and Resource Governance Country Profile: Chad
    Reports & Research
    January, 2010
    Chad

    In spite of considerable oil revenues, Chad remains one of the world’s poorest countries, with 80% of its labor force in the agricultural sector. The country’s agricultural potential is underexploited. There are sufficient water resources to irrigate over 5 million hectares of land, weather droughts, and increase agricultural production substantially. With appropriate infrastructure and support, one-third of Chad’s land area could be used to grow crops.

  6. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    June, 2017
    Burkina Faso

    Burkina Faso is working hard to emerge from the large-scale political and social upheaval that characterized the 18 months following the popular uprising that resulted in the resignation of President Blaise Compaoré in October 2014. In view of the presidential and legislative elections held in November 2015, and the largely successful municipal elections in May 2016, the country appears to have reached a positive turning point, although governing institutions remain in transition and fragile.

  7. Library Resource

    Côte d'Ivoire

    Reports & Research
    July, 2017
    Côte d'Ivoire

    The West African country of Côte d’Ivoire is divided between two large agro-ecological zones: the northern savannah zone, where food crops, cotton and livestock predominate; and the fertile forest zone of the south, where most of the country’s cash crops, including cocoa and coffee, are produced. Nearly 64% of land in Côte d’Ivoire is used for agricultural purposes, and 68% of the labor force works in agriculture.


  8. Library Resource

    مشروع القانون المُعَد بشأن الممتلكات المنقولة إلى الدولة، وذلك بموجب القانون رقم 4 لعام 8791 يونيو

    Reports & Research
    June, 2013
    Northern Africa, Libya

    قدم هذا التقرير مراجعة قانونية " لمشروع القانون والذى يقوم باقتراح بعض الأحكام بشأن الممتلكات المنقولة للدولة، وذلك بموجب القانون رقم 4 لسنة 7911 (مشروع القانون)"، الذي نشرته وزارة العدل بالحكومة الليبية في مارس 2013م . ولا يعد هذا التقرير مقتصراً على مناقشة مشروع القانون المعنىّ، إذ يسلّط الضوء على القضايا الرئيسة المختصة بأي استرجاع، والذى من شأن القانون أن يعالجه. ويعتمد مشروع القانون في معالجته على أسس العدالة الاجتماعية وأفضل الممارسات الدولية المتعلقة  باسترجاع  الممتلكات، بما في ذلك التعويض.

  9. Library Resource
    fao ethiopia - usaid

    Opportunities and challenges in the face of uncertainty

    Reports & Research
    July, 2019
    Ethiopia
    The Ethiopian population will grow from present


    102 to almost 190 million in the next three


    decades, out of which 76 million people will live in


    cities and towns vis-à-vis 19 million today. Per capita


    national income, currently at USD 767 per year, will


    almost double by 2050. These changes will trigger


  10. Library Resource
    LAND POLICY AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT (LPIS) PROJECT

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

    Reports & Research
    February, 2012
    Liberia

    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.

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