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Land governance in South Africa: implementing the Land Governance Assessment Framework
Urban LandMark, 2013The Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF) is an innovative and participatory diagnostic tool that assesses the state of land governance in a country. This booklet summarises the results of the LGAF process in South Africa.DocumentVoice of developers and municipalities: creating more inclusive cities through co-operation
Urban LandMark, 2010A key challenge facing post-apartheid urban spatial form in South Africa is building inclusive and equitable cities that provide the poor greater access to well-located residential and commercial land. This paper provides an in-depth understanding of how urban land development works practically in South Africa, and the interaction between developers and municipalities.DocumentImproving access to the city through value capture: an overview of capturing and allocating value created through the development of transport infrastructure in South Africa
Urban LandMark, 2012Cities attribute much of their economic expansion to the development of transit systems that link people efficiently to jobs. However, many of South Africa's cities lack modern mass transit systems for transporting commuters, who have to rely on increasingly congested roads.DocumentThe state of African cities 2010: governance, inequality and urban land markets
Urban LandMark, 2010In the early 2040s, African cities will collectively be home to one billion, equivalent to the continent’s total population in 2009. This book argues that since cities are the future habitat for the majority of Africans, African governments should take early action to position themselves for predominantly urban populations.DocumentTrading places: accessing land in African cities
Urban LandMark, 2013The developing world is urbanising fast, and new systems of urban land ownership, transfer and governance are emerging. This book tries to explain how these systems work and how they interface with wider markets and with existing land governance regimes, focusing particularly on Africa.DocumentUrban Landmark Report 2011-13
Urban LandMark, 2013For the next few decades, one of the greatest challenges for the majority of people living on the African continent will be how to integrate into urban life and society. Barriers to entry into formal property systems and urban sub-markets are often daunting, and make participation in formal systems unaffordable for many urban citizens.OrganisationUrban LandMark
"Urban LandMark" is short for the Urban Land Markets Programme Southern Africa.DocumentThe drug trade and governance in Cape Town
Institute for Security Studies, 2014The Western Cape continues to be plagued by the drug trade and accompanying development of organised crime networks. The paper discusses the racial, economic and geographic variations in the drug trade and drug use, and the trade’s growth during the apartheid, transitional and post-apartheid periods.DocumentSouth Africa’s regional policy: the link between normative anchors and economic diplomacy in SADC
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014South Africa’s foreign policy identity is grounded in the values of good governance, democracy and human rights, as a consequence of its own transition to democratic rule in 1994. However, the past two decades have witnessed lacunae in the manner in which these values have been articulated in its economic diplomacy in Southern Africa.DocumentSouth Africa’s implementation of the APRM: making a difference or going through the motions?
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014South Africa’s 2007 African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Country Review Report (CRR) identified numerous governance challenges. The country committed itself to eradicating these challenges through implementing a National Programme of Action (NPoA). However, sevenPages