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A study by the The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and Landesa’s partner in India, the Rural Development Institute, to examine the effectiveness of laws in the state of Karnataka in empowering women with property titles in their names. | Download PDF

FEBRUARY 2011 – 2010 findings from 2010 survey of 17-provinces in rural China show that reforms have boosted farm incomes but significant challenges remain. China continues to boost economic development in the countryside by extending secure land tenure rights to its 200 million farming families, according to findings from a 17 province survey, published in the 2011 Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ Rule of Law Blue Book. | View report online | Download PDF

This report covers the full period of implementation of the Strengthening Land Tenure and Property Rights in Angola Project. ARD, Inc. worked with Development Workshop Angola (DW) and the Rural Development Institute, now Landesa, to implement a 15-month project to develop a methodology to assist peri-urban and rural households improve their land tenure security. The project was based in Huambo Province where DW has a long history of providing assistance in land and social service issues. Two pilot sites were selected in the province to test the methodology: one rural community in the eastern part of the province, Mombolo village, and one peri-urban community on the outskirts of Huambo town, Bom Pastor. | download PDF 

Results from Landesa’s 17-province survey | download PDF

Article from China Law and Practice | download PDF  

This manual sets out guidelines for the formalization of land rights in rural and peri-urban settings in Angola. | download PDF  

An Analysis and Recommendations Based on a 17-Province Survey
This report analyzes the results of a 17-province, 1,700 household sample survey, carried out in cooperation with Renmin University in 1999, which examines the current status of implementation of farmers’ 30-year land use rights, as provided in the 1998 Land Management Law. The report also contains recommendations for further strengthening farmers’ tenure security, and extending implementation of the 1998 law. | download PDF

The author surveyed legal impediments to development of an agricultural land market in Tajikistan. The author outlines the legal chronology for land reform in Tajikistan, offers a comparison of the four different types of “restructured” agricultural enterprises, and discusses each of the legal issues that prevent Tajikistan from realizing the benefits of wide scale land reform. | download PDF