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  Land accumulation dynamics in developing country agriculture

  Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2014

  Understanding land accumulation dynamics is relevant for policymakers interested in the economic effects of land inequality in developing country agriculture. This Working Paper explores and simultaneously tests the leading theories of microlevel land accumulation dynamics using unique panel data from Paraguay.
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  Agricultural sector assessment for St. Kitts and Nevis

  USA Agency for International Development, 1983

  This study presents the findings of an agricultural assessment for St. Kitts and Nevis in 1983 funded by USAID.
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  CARP institutional assessment in a post-2008 transition scenario: toward a new rural development architecture

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008

  The main objective of the paper is to explore possible institutional arrangements among the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), Philippines, implementing agencies in a post-2008 transition scenario for CARP.
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  CARP institutional assessment in a Post-2008 transition scenario: implications for Land Administration and Management (LAM)

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008

  The objective of this paper is to present the land administration and management (LAM) issues on CARP and determine the necessary institutional reforms on LAM in view of CARP expiration in 2008. The paper discussed the adverse effects brought about by weak land policy and poor land administration on attaining the objectives of CARP.
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  Land rental market activity in agrarian reform areas: evidence from the Philippines

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008

  Using data from 3,120 farm households surveyed in 2000 and 2006, the paper tests for factors that affect the degree and extent of households’ participation in the rural land rental market.
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  Transnational agrarian movements struggling for land and citizenship rights

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009

  Rural citizens have increasingly begun to invoke perceived citizenship rights at transnational level, such that rural citizen engagements today have the potential to generate new meanings of global citizenship.
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  Property and prosperity: reforming landholding in Africa

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2016

  How Africans access – or ‘own’ – their landholdings is a matter of profound importance for the continent’s future. It touches on social welfare as well as prospects for economic development. This policy briefing provides an overview of the land question, drawing heavily on the Country Review Reports (CRRs) of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM).
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  Legitimate land tenure and property rights: fostering compliance and development outcomes Rapid Evidence Assessment

  Evidence on Demand, 2015

  Growing populations and economic change resulting from globalisation and climate change are increasing pressure on land, particularly in urbanising countries. This exposes many of those occupying and using land, particularly the poor and women, to risks resulting from tenure insecurity. Customary practices in land management are giving way to market-based statutory systems of land tenure.
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  Public overseas investments: ensuring respect for and protecting legitimate land tenure rights: rapid evidence assessment

  Evidence on Demand, 2015

  This rapid evidence assessment (REA) investigates how public overseas investments supported by developed country governments respect legitimate land tenure rights, especially in countries without a strong system for protecting existing tenure rights. The REA assesses material from the limited number of studies (20) available about donor-supported investment projects involving land.
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  Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA : Land Tenure And Gender: Approaches And Challenges For Strengthening Rural Women's Land Rights | capacity4dev

  World Bank, 2015

  Land tenure security is crucial for women's empowerment and a prerequisite for building secure and resilient communities. Tenure is affected by many and often contradictory sets of rules, laws, customs, traditions, and perceptions.

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