First publication in the new Environment for Development (EfD) book series.
EfD books focus on research and applications in environmental and natural resources economics as they are relevant to poverty reduction and environmental problems in developing countries.
Read more ...Oslo Governance Centre publications
Oslo Governance Centre has published several discussion papers and briefs that explores the linkages between land policies and democratic governance.
Read more ...Legal Empowerment - A Way Out of Poverty, December 2007 - issue 4
The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pleased to present the fourth volume in the series of anthologies Legal Empowerment – a way out of poverty.
Read more ...From Being Property of Men to Becoming Equal Owners?
Land reforms are again high on the international policy agenda as can be seen from the establishment of the Commission for Legal Empowerment of the Poor , the increasing number of land reform programs funded by the World Bank in recent years and the establishment of the Global Network for Pro Poor Land Tools (GLTN) (Augustinus 2005; World Bank 2006).
Read more ...Land: Better access and secure rights for poor people
This policy paper provides an update on what DFID (Department for International Development, UK ) is doing to connect poor people to economic opportunities and improve governance to help poor men and women gain secure access to land and property.
Read more ...Norwegian Land Tools Relevant to Africa – workshop outcome report is published
The Centre for Property Rights and Development of the Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority is pleased to present this publication, which is a result of a workshop on Norwegian land tools relevant to Africa.
Read more ...Securing land rights for all: How can the challenges be overcome?
Secure land rights are important for development and poverty reduction and the greatest challenges for providing such rights are in urban, peri-urban areas, and the most productive rural areas.
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Women radically improving rights to land in Peru
Daniela Orge Fuentes has recently completed her Master thesis at the University of Life Sciences in Norway, looking at “Women’s land rights in Peru and the effects of the rural land titling project.”
Read more ...New publication - Secure Land Rights for All
This publication on Secure Land Rights for All demonstrates how secure land rights are particularly important in helping to reverse three types of phenomena: gender discrimination; social exclusion of vulnerable groups; and wider social and economic inequalities linked to inequitable and insecure rights to land.
Read more ...Tanzania and the formalisation process
Reports written by Geir Sundet for Norwegian People`s Aid and for the Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania about the formalisation process.
Read more ...From Poverty to Power
How active citizens and effective states can change the world.
A new book published by Oxfam International.
Why is Land Productivity Lower on Land Rented Out by Female Landlords? – Theory, and Evidence from Ethiopia
A paper by Dr. Stein Holden of Noragric and Dr. Mintewab Bezabih of the Göteborg University, Sweden seeks to find explanations to why land productivity is lower on land rented out by female landlord households than on land rented out by male landlord households.
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