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  The land question in South Africa

  Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2006

  The need for large-scale land redistribution in Southern Africa is undisputed. In order to redress centuries of dispossession, this highly complex process has the potential to encourage economic growth and poverty reduction.
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  The unresolved land reform debate: beyond state-led or market-led models

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006

  Sharp inequalities in the distribution of land remains a major cause of extreme poverty in many developing countries. Some instances are the result of ownership patterns inherited from colonial administrations, others are linked to the struggle for economic prosperity in the post-independence era.Landlessness is therefore a significant problem for the rural poor.
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  Land rights reform and governance in Africa

  United Nations Development Programme, 2006

  The main argument of this paper is that insecurity of land tenure is a socio-political condition that can be made and unmade. This discussion paper focuses on customary land rights, particularly in the African context.
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  More than simply "socially embedded": recognising the distinctiveness of African land rights

  Landrightswatch.net, 2006

  Land tenure reform remains a key policy issue in Africa, given the large proportion of people relying on land and natural resources for their livelihoods. This paper addresses the exclusionary nature of many processes around land, which can lead to social divisions.
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  Making property rights accessible: social movements andlegal innovation in the Philippines

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005

  Today, many rural poor Filipinos are using state law to try to claim land rights. In spite of the availability of a much stronger set of legal resources than ever before, claiming legal land rights remains difficult. Some argue these difficulties are a reason to turn away from state-led land reform and toward a market-assisted land reform (MALR) model.
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  Gender and land compendium of country studies

  Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions, 2005

  This compendium provides an improved understanding of the complex issues concerning gender and land. It draws on research commissioned by FAO.
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  Agrarian reform in the context of food sovereignty, the right to food and cultural diversity: “land, territory and dignity”

  International NGO/CSO Planning Committee, 2006

  Through an analysis of the right to adequate food and the right to land, this civil society report, argued that achieving food sovereignty requires agrarian reform.
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  Land rights for African development: from knowledge to action

  CGIAR System-wide Program on Property Rights and Collective Action, 2006

  This collection of briefing papers summarises select papers presented at the workshop: "Land Rights for African Development: From Knowledge to Action" held in November 2005.
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  Tinkering on the fringes?: redistributive land reforms and chronic poverty in Southern Africa

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2006

  In Southern Africa, landlessness due to the asset alienation that occurred during colonial occupation has been acknowledged as one of several ultimate causes of chronic poverty. Land redistribution is often seen as a powerful tool in the fight against poverty in areas where a majority of people are rural-based and make a living mostly, if not entirely, off the land.
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  Can land registration serve poor and marginalised groups? summary report

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2005

  This report summarise the research findings of a project to examine the current processes of land rights registration in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Mozambique and assess their outcomes for poor and vulnerable groups.

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