Approaches

Land approaches, policies & strategies

Multilaterals

African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

African Development Bank Group's policy on the environment (see p 22 Reversing land degradation)
Strategic plan 2003-2007 (see p19 Sector and thematic priorities)

African Union

Land Policy in Africa: a framework of action to secure land rights, enhance productivity and secure livelihoods

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor

Securing land rights for the poor in Africa: Key to growth, peace and sustainable development

Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

Land tenure systems and sustainable development in Southern Africa (See page 49 Recommendations)

European Union (EU)

Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Operational program on sustainable land management (See page 6 Strategic considerations)

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

International Fund For Agricultural Development (IFAD)

IFAD policy on improving access to land and tenure security

Organization For Economic Cooperation And Development (OECD)

Promoting pro-poor growth: agriculture (See page 34 Extending secure property rights)

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Text of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

United Nations Economic Commission For Europe

Social and economic benefits of good land administration

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Land Resources: Extract from the Mauritius Strategy for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

UNEP's strategy on land use management and soil conservation

United Nations Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)

Urban land for all

World Bank (WB)

Bilaterals

Australian Development Agency (AUSAID)

Income generation for the rural poor (See page 10 Managing natural resources)

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

France - Direction du Développement et de la Coopération Technique

German Agency For Technical Cooperation (GTZ)

Land tenure in development cooperation

German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Development policy report (See page 83 Environmental protection and the sustainable utilisation of natural resources)

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)

Improving income among rural poor (See page 22 Land tenure and property rights)

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

Strategy 2010 (See page 10 Topics of cooperation - Land use rights and land reform)

United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID)

Better livelihoods for poor people: the role of land policy

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Nature, wealth and power: emerging practice for revitalizing rural Africa (See page 10 Promote local land use planning and appropriate resource tenure systems)

Research institutes

Centre for International Forest Research (CIFOR)

CIFOR's strategy

Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRI)

Land rights for African development

ID21 - Latest rural development research

Land rights in Africa

International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Enhancing equitable access and use rights

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Governing land: Reflections from IFPRI research

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Land tenure and resource access in West-Africa

National Resources Institute (NRI)

Secure and equitable land tenure

World Resources Institute (WRI)

Tenure security and environmental investment

Rural associations and credit unions

Foundations

Partnerships and networks

International Land Coalition (ILC)

Toward a common platform on access to land

Via Campesina

Global campaign for agrarian reform

Non-governmental organizations

Think tanks

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