Land Rights and the World Bank Group: Setting the Record Straight
The leasing or purchase of agricultural land in the developing world has become a hot button issue as the planet has grown more crowded and the pressure to stake out more arable land – whether for food...
View ArticleImportance of Equal Inheritance Rights for Female Empowerment
Policies that aim to improve the position of women relative to men are desirable not only on equity but also on efficiency grounds. While developing countries continue to improve economic opportunities...
View ArticleMoving towards transparent land governance
Land issues continue to grab headlines –and most of the time in a negative way: ‘Land grabs’ by foreign investors that ride roughshod over local rights, dispossession of farmers with little or no...
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Land matters: Experts grapple with issues of measurement, ownership and equity
Good stewardship of land – whether fertile fields or tracts on the edges of growing cities – can drive sustainable and equitable development. Done well, good land governance can enable farmers,...
View ArticleTwo ways to make Africa’s cities more livable, connected and affordable
Urban population in Africa will double within the next 25 years and reach 1 billion people by 2040, but concentration of people in cities has not been accompanied by economic density. Typical African...
View ArticleWomen, cities, and opportunity: Making the case for secure land rights
Land and property lie at the center of many of today’s pressing development challenges. Consider that at most 10% of land in rural Africa is reliably registered. At this week‘s annual Land and Poverty...
View ArticleTen signs of an impending global land rights revolution
The development community has experienced various “revolutions” over the years – from microfinance to women’s rights, from the green revolution to sustainable development. Each of these awakenings...
View ArticleFor billions without formal land rights, the tech revolution offers new...
Also available in: Français | Español | العربية | Русский Many of today’s increasingly complex development challenges, from rapid urban expansion to climate change, disaster resilience, and social...
View ArticleClosing the gap between policy and practice on women’s land rights
Momentum is building behind a land rights revolution. Last year, just prior to the World Bank’s Annual Land and Poverty Conference, I wrote about the many factors pushing land to the top of the global...
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