Landesa Landesa partners with governments and local NGOs to ensure the world’s poorest families have secure land rights, which develops sustainable economic growth and improves education, nutrition, and conservation

Over the last two decades, Mongolia has endured rapid transition from a centrally-planned, highly subsidized economy to a democracy with an increasingly free market. The attendant social upheaval has resulted in burgeoning urban centers and one-third of the population mired in poverty.

Past projects include:

Mongolia National Land Reform Program Development.

The World Bank.

Landesa conducted fieldwork, legislative and legal analysis, issued a report, and formulated recommendations for the Government of Mongolia Land Reform Commission on the country’s comprehensive land reform program. Specific topics covered include: managing and allocating rights to pasture land; introducing private land ownership for arable, urban, and settlement land; land registration and cadastre; land market development; and policy and legal environment for specially protected areas. June 1999 to May 2000.