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4 Property and Land Rights Issues, Explained through Videos

WRI's Land and Resource Rights project produced a series of videos that highlight challenges farmers in Africa face from insecure property rights.

7 reasons for land and property rights to be at the top of the global ...

Failure to clarify land rights and fix distorted land policies contributes to increased property values, making them potentially unaffordable to ...

Securing Land Tenure and Property Rights for Stability and Prosperity

In 2016, an estimated 70 percent of land in developing countries was unregistered or perceived to be insecure. This alarming figure represents a fundamental ...

Land Use & Property Rights - National Association of REALTORS®

This is a foundational element for all REALTORS® and for NAR. One aspect of this issue relates to the transfer of public lands from the federal government to ...

Property Rights and Land Policies

The Design and Evolution of Property Rights Institutions · Public Compensations for Takings · Property Rights Approaches to Achieving Land Policy Goals.

Land Rights | Human Rights Watch

... . Human Rights Watch researches a wide range of human rights violations related to land, and advocates for rights-respecting land policies and practices.

Land and Property Rights - Millennium Challenge Corporation

In many developing countries, the lack of secure land rights can arise from an ongoing transition from traditional to modern market economies. These changes can ...

Secure Land Rights for All - UN-Habitat

This publication on Secure Land Rights for All demonstrates how secure land rights are particularly important in helping to reverse three types of phenomena.

Land and housing | OHCHR

Land issues are of growing concern due to food insecurity, climate change, unsustainable use of natural resources and urbanization. The rights to food, culture, ...

Land Rights as Human Rights

Land rights have received some attention as an issue concerning property rights and have been considered a specifically important right for indigenous ...

Fighting for Land Rights & Secure Land Tenure

Despite recent progress in some countries, women continue to face significant legal and social obstacles to enjoying the full and direct benefits of land reform ...

Land Tenure, Property Rights, and Gender | LandLinks

When title to informal urban settlements is secured, families are able to make structural improvements and lobby the government for better services, resulting ...

Why indigenous and community land rights matter for everyone

There is growing evidence of how vital the role played by full legal ownership of land by Indigenous Peoples and local communities is in preserving cultural ...

What are some of the problems with land ownership and disputes ...

I ended up paying for a survey of the property lines and it showed I was right but he still wanted to take it to court because we were “stealing ...

Land - World Bank

Land and housing are the most important assets of the poor. Improving tenure security for both women and men can have a greater impact on household income, ...

Module 18: Land Rights

... for forms of land ownership that ensure equal rights to property for all.9 ... Issues of land tenure and titling have a particular importance for ...

OHCHR and land and human rights

Land is a cross-cutting issue that impacts directly on the enjoyment of a number of human rights. For many people, land is a source of livelihood, and is ...

Land and Resource Rights - World Resources Institute

1. Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities · 2. The Private Sector · 3. Sustainable Cities · 4. Procedural Protections.

Land and Property Rights

Acquire basic knowledge of the statutory laws most relevant to property issues. MATERIALS: • Objects familiar to children. • Pencil and paper for each ...

LAND TENURE, PROPERTY RIGHTS, AND GENDER

... rights to that land. This issue paper presents challenges and approaches for strengthening women's land tenure and property rights, and provides ...