Clarifying and strengthening land rights for women, men, and communities can increase India’s GDP by as much as $7 billion.
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A global study of 108 countries found that stronger property were associated with an increased average annual growth of per capita income by 6 to 14 percentage points.
Emerging evidence suggests that when women hold secure rights to land, efforts to tackle climate change are more successful, and responsibilities and benefits associated with climate change response programs are more equitably distributed.
A summary of Landesa’s mission, history, programs, goals, financials, and impact.
Landesa’s work in Africa targets some of the root causes of poverty and insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa.
Landesa, working in partnership with the central government of China, has identified and begun work on the path forward to spark sustainable rural development through secure land tenure.
Micro-plots are tennis-court-sized home and garden plots of land. On these onetenth-of-an-acre plots, families can produce most of the vegetables and fruit they need and sell excess produce to supplement the family’s other earnings.
In 2010, Landesa launched the Security for Girls Through Land Project (Girls Project), which aims to improve girls’ social and economic status, and thereby reduce their many vulnerabilities in the short and long-term.