Essays about: "land tenure policy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words land tenure policy.

  1. 1. Improving land tenure security by increasing access?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Freeman Gunnell; [2023]
    Keywords : land tenure security; international institutions; World Bank; legal tenure systems; customary tenure; exclusion; access; policy discourse.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Securing access to land around the world is an issue that pervades many development agendas. Often promoted through legal and administrative systems, secure land tenure is used in the battle against poverty and to reduce land based conflict. Conceptualizations of secure tenure tend to differ between international institutions and academia. READ MORE

  3. 2. Investigating the Gap between Informal Urbanization and Formal Planning and Governance Practices in Metro Manila, Philippines

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Aura Keziah Soriano; [2021]
    Keywords : urban planning; informality; informal settlements; global South; Metropolitan Manila;

    Abstract : Metro Manila, Philippines is one of the densest and fastest growing metropolitan regions in the world, of which informal urbanization is a significant contributor. This rapid informal urbanization is a dynamic yet uncoordinated force shaping the city-region, in conflict with the vision of a modern, globally-competitive city-region painted in formal planning instruments. READ MORE

  4. 3. Can Land Policy Be Gender-Neutral? Evaluating the Impact of Mexico's 1992 Land Titling Reform on Female Empowerment

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Valentina Farinelli; [2020]
    Keywords : Land titling; Gender; Land rights; Bargaining power; Ejido;

    Abstract : Many recent land titling reforms have failed to include a gender perspective. In a context of deep-rooted gender disparities, this omission can give rise to gendered effects on land rights. READ MORE

  5. 4. Poverty reduction through land titling : A study about the economic effects of the Malawi national land policy

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Anna Engblom; August Isacsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Land Titling; Land Investment; Credit Access; Economic Growth; Poverty Reduction;

    Abstract : Access to land is vital for providing our basic needs. According to earlier research, private landtitles are a prerequisite for secure land rights and are vital for enabling sustainable economicgrowth and poverty reduction. In Malawi, where a majority of the land is customary, newlaws have been enacted, but not yet implemented. READ MORE

  6. 5. Assessing individual water and sanitation insecurity : A novel tool to track universal access, the case of Mukuru informal settlements in Nairobi.

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Adriana Lucia Soto Trujillo; [2018]
    Keywords : SDG 6 monitoring; water and sanitation insecurity; informal settlements;

    Abstract : Securing universal, safe, inclusive and affordable water and sanitation services, as targeted by SDG 6, is a challenge for urban settings. Particularly in informal settlements of Mukuru, Nairobi, were its crowded population, insecure land tenure and location in areas prone to environmental hazards places their inhabitants at greater risk of water and sanitation insecurity. READ MORE