The USAID Environmental Management and Forest Governance Support Activity, also known as Peru Bosques, promoted a new inclusive, legal, profitable, and sustainable forest-based economy.
Resource - Project Report
This paper discusses the consequences of well-meaning agricultural policies on land tenure security in Rwanda, with potential implications for future economic development and social stability.
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USAID’s Southern African Regional Environmental Program worked with partners and stakeholders related to the Okavango River Basin, to forge relationships that allowed a large portion of the people of the basin to have better lives, now and in the future.
Resource - Project Report
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.
Blog Post
The Land Reform and Farm Restructuring Project helped farmers in Tajikistan and local participants improve their livelihoods through a host of governmental reforms, technical advice, and capacity-building policies. As a result, farmers, civil society actors, and policymakers enhanced their homeland.
Resource - Project Report
With Rwanda having the highest population density in Africa, and quality land being a source of conflict, the USAID-funded LAND Project made substantive contributions toward fostering a culture of high-quality, evidence-based, and transparent policymaking and land reform, nationwide.
Resource - Project Report
In Tajikistan, women comprise 80 percent of the agricultural workforce but only 12 to 24 percent are in farm leadership roles.
Blog Post
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.
Blog Post
The Sustainable Development Goals have the potential to play a critical role in building solidarity and commitment to land and property rights reform.
Blog Post
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.
News Story
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.
News Story