USAID LAND TENURE and PROPERTY RIGHTS PORTAL

World Bank Conference 2015 Paper: Results from the Baseline of the Community Land Protection Program in Liberia

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MAST Workshop Document: June 3, 2016 LTA Presentation

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MAST Report: Lessons Learned

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Technology and Participatory Mapping in Rural Tanzania

Home Commentary Jan 20, 2015 The mobile technology used by USAID in Tanzania features spatial visualization of parcels. Last week, we described how USAID uses participatory approaches to strengthen and secure land rights. This week, we highlight an innovative participatory approach to formalizing land rights using mobile phones. In Tanzania, USAID is piloting a promising participatory approach to document and record land rights information using low-cost mobile technology. We are training local community members to gather geospatial and land rights data, such as information about who has legitimate rights to land, parcel locations, and boundaries in rural and underserved areas.

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Three Promising Approaches for Strengthening Land Rights in Africa

By M. Mercedes Stickler, Land Tenure and Evaluation Specialist, USAID. Last month, I had the opportunity to take part in the inaugural Conference on Land Policy in Africa. This event—organized by the Land Policy Initiative—highlighted the fact that land is one of the most important development issues facing Africa today. At the conference, I presented three examples of promising approaches from USAID’s work in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Zambia. Each of these examples demonstrates lessons learned and new approaches to land tenure challenges that we have worked with multiple stakeholders to design, pilot, evaluate, and scale up. 1. Land Certification in

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Colombian Peace Talks Hinge on Land Issues

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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Postel Highlights Land Tenure Efforts in Colombia

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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New Study Analyzes Tenure For Communities Through National Laws

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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Property Rights and Artisanal Diamond Development (PRADD) Projet Étude Comparative : Regimes Juridiques et Fiscaux pour L’Exploitation Miniere Artisanale de Diamants

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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Tanzania

Tanzania’s property rights and resource governance systems have been in flux for more than 50 years. Just prior to independence in 1961, the British colonial government attempted to introduce the concept of freehold land ownership, but the proposal was rejected by TANU, the Tanzanian political party that took power when independence was granted. Instead, the new President of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere, developed and applied the concept of “African socialism,” an initiative that transferred the customary land rights of ethnic groups and clans to newly established elected village councils and encouraged collective cultivation of the land. A series of laws enacted

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