Chemonics News and Blog

Michael Brown shares key themes from the World Bank Land and Poverty Conference – reminding us that we still have a long way to go when it comes to addressing land and property rights.

One out of every six people worldwide is a youth. Can we achieve the goal of ending poverty without addressing such a large population’s access to one of the most important productive assets: land?

Does land tenure need to be completely secure, or can it simply be secure enough? Michael Brown and Ailey Kaiser Hughes explain in their new paper on land tenure in Rwanda.

In Tajikistan, women comprise 80 percent of the agricultural workforce but only 12 to 24 percent are in farm leadership roles.

As the World Bank Land and Poverty Conference kicks off with a focus on land governance, Erica Burdick discusses how more responsible governance can secure rights for the indigenous and vulnerable communities who occupy as much as 65 percent of the earth’s land.

The Sustainable Development Goals have the potential to play a critical role in building solidarity and commitment to land and property rights reform.

At the European Union’s conference on property rights and eradicating poverty, Chemonics’ Tiernan Mennen discussed the mechanisms for ensuring legal recognition of customary land rights.

As part of the 15th annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty from March 24 to 27, Chemonics’ Katelyn Baldwin discusses the political economy of land reform.