USAID LAND TENURE and PROPERTY RIGHTS PORTAL

Colombia

Did you miss the online discussion on the meaning and application of “legitimate land rights?” Watch the recording here. USAID has developed two mobile applications, or apps, that support land tenure and land use. Watch this video about the apps now. Interactive map with information on U.S. Government (USAID and MCC) programs that strengthen land tenure and property rights.

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Land and Rural Development Policy Reforms in Colombia: The Path to Peace

Did you miss the online discussion on the meaning and application of “legitimate land rights?” Watch the recording here. USAID has developed two mobile applications, or apps, that support land tenure and land use. Watch this video about the apps now. Interactive map with information on U.S. Government (USAID and MCC) programs that strengthen land tenure and property rights.

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Photo Essay: The Faces of Ilalasimba

Home Commentary Jul 21, 2015 In 2014, USAID launched the Mobile Application to Secure Tenure (MAST) pilot project in Ilalasimba, a village in Iringa Rural District in Tanzania. MAST is testing an innovative approach to document land rights that uses a new mobile application to map and record the geospatial and demographic data that the Government of Tanzania needs to issue Certificates of Customary Rights of Occupancy (CCROs) – formal land rights documents. Before mapping begins, villagers learn about Tanzania’s land laws, with a special emphasis on women’s statutory land rights. They are taught dispute resolution techniques to help manage

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Mercy Corps Hosts South-South Exchange on Land Issues

Home Commentary May 20, 2014 Guest Commentary by Provash Budden, Mercy Corps’ Colombia Country Director. This week, Mercy Corps Colombia and Guatemala are hosting the 14th regional exchange between government institutions of Guatemala and Colombia. This exchange aims to share knowledge to improve public policies and public and private institutional responses aimed at the rural sector in both countries and the opportunity to share best practices that address the processes of individual and collective certification of public and private property. Mercy Corps is also facilitating the exchange of ideas about the challenges to achieve lasting peace by addressing the structural

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New Alliance Ties Food Security to Improved Land Governance

The G8’s New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition aims to lift 50 million people out of poverty in ten years through a partnership between G8 members, African nations and the private sector. In order to increase production at a rate needed to achieve food security, the New Alliance seeks to accelerate responsible investment in African agriculture and commit to coordinated policy reforms. Each of the nine New Alliance countries (Benin, Malawi, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique and Tanzania) have developed Cooperation Frameworks with G8 and private sector partners that outline their shared commitments and responsibilities. The

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to Discuss Land Rights and Development

Home Commentary Did you miss the online discussion on the meaning and application of “legitimate land rights?” Watch the recording here. USAID has developed two mobile applications, or apps, that support land tenure and land use. Watch this video about the apps now. Interactive map with information on U.S. Government (USAID and MCC) programs that strengthen land tenure and property rights.

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Land At Top of Peace Talks Agenda

Home Commentary Did you miss the online discussion on the meaning and application of “legitimate land rights?” Watch the recording here. USAID has developed two mobile applications, or apps, that support land tenure and land use. Watch this video about the apps now. Interactive map with information on U.S. Government (USAID and MCC) programs that strengthen land tenure and property rights.

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LRDP Monthly Highlights: October 2015

Land and Rural Development Program (LRDP) is a five-year task order funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Strengthening Tenure and Resource Rights (STARR) Indefinite Quantity Contract. LRDP is intended to assist the government of Colombia to strengthen its institutional capacity to develop tools, systems, and skills that will enable it to fulfill its mandate to resolve land issues at the heart of Colombia’s decades-long internal conflict. LRDP BY THE NUMBERS: 121 – Campesinos and 279 hectares of land benefit from irrigation system overhaul in Cesar, improving the quantity and quality of agricultural yields USAID,

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Highlights from the Kimberley Process Intersessional

By Frank Pichel, Land Tenure and Property Rights Specialist, USAID. I was pleased to attend the June 2014 intersessional meeting of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) in Shanghai, China and want to share several noteworthy achievements for USAID’s ongoing efforts to strengthen land tenure and property rights and prevent conflict. Côte d’Ivoire was welcomed back into an active role in the Kimberley Process (KP) after the United Nations lifted its nine-year-old ban on Ivorian diamond exports in April. Lifting the export ban was largely due to the Government of Côte d’Ivoire’s efforts to improve its legal and regulatory framework

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World Bank Conference 2015 Paper: Perceptions of Tenure Security

Did you miss the online discussion on the meaning and application of “legitimate land rights?” Watch the recording here. USAID has developed two mobile applications, or apps, that support land tenure and land use. Watch this video about the apps now. Interactive map with information on U.S. Government (USAID and MCC) programs that strengthen land tenure and property rights.

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Interactive map with information on U.S. Government (USAID and MCC) programs that strengthen land tenure and property rights.