Property Rights

ARD: Land Tenure and Property Rights Community of Practice — by USAID — last modified 2007-10-17 13:02

The demand to address property rights issues is increasing from both United States Agency for International Development (USAID) field missions and host country governments. The increase in demand is due, in part, to a growing awareness among development practitioners of the role played by property rights (and natural resources access and use) in economic growth, governance, and conflict and resource management. USAID and its partners have learned several important lessons from the last decade of research and policy work in regards to the relationship between property rights and economic growth, productivity, natural resource management and conflict....

STUDY ON WOMEN AND PROPERTY RIGHTS: PROJECT BEST PRACTICES — by Renee Giovarelli — last modified 2008-04-29 20:34

OCTOBER 2006. There is a significant gap in knowledge of how projects aimed at land tenure and property rights reform affect women’s rights to land. This study focused on a set of recent and existing land projects and how they dealt with gender. The results are based on a review of project literature, as well as interviews with project personnel and donor project managers. The outcomes are presented within the context of a “project cycle” of preparation/design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. To the degree possible, they are also couched in how successful projects were at incorporating the socio-cultural context in which they occurred. The analysis presented here contains elements of successful projects that have strengthened women’s access to and control over land.

See also... Democracy and Governance / Justice (Property Rights, Land Tenure and Access to Resources) — by webadmin — last modified 2006-09-21 16:07