Landesa partners with governments and multilateral institutions to support land reform efforts and elevate land rights in regional development agendas in Southeast Asia.
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Combating land degradation must begin and end with local communities
This blog originally appeared on Place. By Karina Kloos and Rane Cortez Rural communities, equipped with secure tenure and a
Anatomy of a Tiger: With all Eyes on Myanmar, See How Land Reform Shaped Asia’s Tiger Economies
This blog was originally published by Skoll Foundation. By Roy Prosterman Asia’s Tigers, the collection of booming economies that emerged in
Myanmar: The Next Great Land Tenure Reform?
This op-ed originally appeared in PLACE. By Roy Prosterman Since World War II, there have been five great Asian development
What Vietnam’s New Land Law Means for the Country and its Farmers
Since our initial work on land tenure reform took place in what was then South Vietnam – accompanied by a
Fighting Poverty with Land
This post originally appeared on the Council on Foreign Relations Development Channel. In 2005, our non-profit, Landesa, partnered with the government
Four Ways to Help Myanmar’s Rural Poor
This post was originally featured on the World Economic Forum Blog. Today, about half of the world’s population is urban. This
Obama on Myanmar Land Rights
During this week’s historic first visit to Myanmar by an American President, President Obama was right to shine a spotlight
Indonesian development and U.S. aid
An overview by Landesa (then called the Rural Development Institute) of the Indonesian development process, current major issues, and a
Land policy challenges in Indonesia: final project report of the land law initiative
2004 A report on the three-year “Land Law Initiative,” a collaboration between Landesa (then-called the Rural Development Institute), the Indonesian
Compensation and Valuation in Resettlement: Cambodia, People’s Republic of China, and India
An Article from an Asian Development Bank publication | download PDF




