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  1. Library Resource
    Manuals & Guidelines
    January, 2010
    Global

    This training package provides an introduction to the important, complex, and sometimes daunting theme of improving land governance as a means to enhance gender equality and grassroots participation in land matters.

  2. Library Resource
    Framework for Costing and Financing Land Administration Services (CoFLAS) cover image
    Reports & Research
    September, 2018
    Global

    The tool presented in this guide aims to assist policy-makers and land administrators to adopt appropriate technologies and methodologies for land administration services more efficiently, cost effectively and with options most appropriately tailored to national and sub-national contexts. It was developed after recognizing the need to modernize the budgetary approach to land agencies and to provide effective, cost-efficient, affordable and sustainable services, particularly in developing countries.

  3. Library Resource
    Land and Conflict

    Lessons from The Field on Conflict Sensitive Land Governance and Peacebuilding

    Reports & Research
    February, 2018
    Global

    Land is often a critical aspect of conflict: it may be a root cause or trigger conflicts or may become an issue as the conflict progresses. Conflicts lead to forced evictions; the people who are displaced by conflict need somewhere to live and some land to farm or to graze their animals, often leading to further disputes over the use of land and other resources.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2008
    Africa

    A study in the Oromiya and Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples regions of Ethiopia assesses the impacts of land registration and certification since 2004, including joint certification for husbands and wives. Includes gender implications of land certification and empowerment of women, position of polygamous wives, perceptions of benefits of the reform, recommendations.

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    June, 2010
    Botswana, Africa

    A study of Botswana’s Tribal Land Integrated Management System (TLIMS), which documented the land inventorying of customary land.

  6. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    June, 2010
    Africa

    A guide targeted at humanitarians, land professionals and government officials. Includes understanding land issues after natural disasters, land and the initial response, land and key humanitarian sectors, land as a cross-cutting issue, operations timeline: who does what when?, monitoring and evaluation, conclusions and recommendations. Contains many short cases (Aceh, Pakistan, Mozambique etc) illustrating practical aspects of bringing land issues into the post-disaster recovery process.

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    November, 2017
    Africa

    Publication features the key provisions on land governance in recent relevant international frameworks. Presents where new issues or themes appeared, issues that have gained additional support and those that have received less attention. Also highlights the particularities, strengths and potential gaps of the individual frameworks, as well as their similarities, complementarities and differences. Emphasizes the critical role of land governance in the realization of human rights, enjoyment of secure land rights and in the overall achievement of sustainable development objectives.

  8. Library Resource
    Valuation of Unregistered Lands: A Policy Guide cover image
    Manuals & Guidelines
    May, 2018
    Global

    This guide aims to support the process of valuation of unregistered land and property for the public and private agencies that undertake this exercise. It will be relevant for policy makers, local authorities, international finance institutions, investors, property developers, banks, civil society organisations, citizens, land owners, local communities and women’s groups.

  9. Library Resource

    Activating partnerships for improved land tenure security

    Conference Papers & Reports
    July, 2018
    Global

    Land sector challenges are vast and complex. Insecure rights to land continues to affect more than 2 billion people living in urban and rural informality worldwide, with women, youth and indigenous people faring the worst. We need more strategic partnerships, at all levels, that drive innovative thinking and provide practical solutions to these tenure security challenges.

  10. Library Resource
    Reflections on GLII Achievements and Plans
    Institutional & promotional materials
    June, 2018
    Global

    Its June 2018, half a year down the line following the reclassification of several land indicators including 1.4.2 by the IAEG-SDGs in November 2017. To all of us, this milestone was defining and encouraging in our effort towards achieving monitoring of land governance issues at scale.

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