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  An investigation Into an apparent increase in evictions from private rental housing

  Urban LandMark, 2010

  In early 2009, it appeared that many evictions in South Africa’s cities were being undertaken illegally on the part of the landlord or manager. The current study aims to provide government with the necessary information to take appropriate policy and measures regarding this phenomenon.
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  Incrementally securing tenure: an approach for informal settlement upgrading in South Africa

  Urban LandMark, 2010

  Urban LandMark, an NGO based in South Africa, advocates opening up more officially recognised channels of land supply as a primary means for improving the pro-poor functioning of urban land markets. This document summarises Urban LandMark’s approach to incrementally securing tenure in informal settlements, the approach is based on a detailed technical proposal.
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  One step at a time: using survey data to inform an incremental tenure approach to land security in Maputo’s peri-urban areas

  Urban LandMark, 2012

  This paper argues for an incremental approach to securing tenure using the concept of a tenure security continuum. The paper applies the continuum tool to the context of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, using the results of a 2010 survey in two peri-urban settlements, investigating how the poor access, hold and trade land.
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  The interaction between informal land markets and ruralurban migration

  Urban LandMark, 2011

  If accessing urban land through informal markets is one feature that characterises being poor in South Africa’s cities, another is migration. However, very little is known about how informal land markets influence migration patterns and how migration patterns shape informal land markets.
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  Operation of the market study land access in urban areas: the case of Maputo

  Urban LandMark, 2012

  The dynamic urban growth taking place in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, is characterised by transformation and rapid population growth. Consequently, an extra-legal socially-dominated land market exists in Maputo due to the obscurity and bureaucracy of the current land registration process.
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  Regional cooperation for infrastructure development: towards an institutional framework for investment in the IOR - ARC

  Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2013

  Infrastructure plays a key role in promoting economic growth and development. Infrastructure is considered as a priority sector for investment in the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC). Due to low domestic savings most of the member states in the region are quite dependent on foreign investment for capital formation.
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  ‘Operation of the market’ study: how the poor access, hold and trade land: findings from research in two settlements in Tete, Mozambique

  Urban LandMark, 2013

  This study sets out the basis by which land is traded and held in two informal settlements in the City of Tete in Mozambique. The paper explains that these informal settlements are located on the outskirts of the city and are managed through a mix of national and municipal government and neighbourhood leaders. The document finds that:
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  ‘Operation of the market’: study how the poor access, hold and trade land: findings from research in two settlements in Lilongwe, Malawi

  Urban LandMark, 2013

  Since 1950 Africa has seen extremely high levels of urbanisation, yet the process led to extremely poor living conditions, mostly in slums. The current paper points that these informal settlements are located in peri‐urban environments and are characterised by poor infrastructure. The paper focuses particularly on two settlements in Malawi, and finds that:
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  Incrementally securing tenure in slum upgrading: reflections on promising practices in southern Africa: introduction to the practice notes

  Urban LandMark, 2013

  Urbanisation in African countries is increasing rapidly, driven primarily by massive rural-urban migration. The current brief indicates that efforts to secure tenure among the urban poor in Africa are dominated by the paradigm of individual title implemented through large-scale titling schemes.
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  Accessing holding and trading land in two informal settlements in Lilongwe Malawi: Mtandire and Chinsapo

  Urban LandMark, 2013

  The main tenure types in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, include: freehold, leasehold and customary. This booklet sets out the findings of research undertaken in two informal settlements in Malawi.  The purpose of the research is to understand how land is accessed, held and traded in these settlements. The author finds that:

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