This report analyses Ghana’s Land Bill, Draft 3, and provides recommendations for how the Bill could more clearly and adequately accomplish its stated purpose and reflect the principles and mandates of the Constitution and National Land Policy.
December 2013 — This memo presents implementation guidelines for a land tenure risk …
In Rwanda women’s involvement in land-related decisions at the household level varies considerably depending on their marital status, their age, their husbands’ knowledge of women’s rights to land, and community-level perceptions of the extent to which women’s land rights are mediated by their husbands and kin.
Though there is no one-size-fits-all approach that will guarantee that women’s rights are secure, or that will equalize imbalances in access, use, and control over land, this paper presents an analytical framework that starts with women, and posits that this starting point is a necessary first step towards correcting imbalances.
This paper shares successes and challenges in in communicating about complex property rights issues with a non-technical development audience.
When Nelson Mandela assumed the presidency of South Africa almost 20 years ago, …
Three years ago, the world cheered when parliamentarians drafted, and voters approved, provisions …
This paper details and assesses National Land Policy development process in Uganda, and in so doing, examines its potential to be the source of lessons for other countries developing politically sensitive policy reforms.
This photo essay originally appeared on ONE.org.
This post originally appeared on Devex as part of their Land Matters campaign. …