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Mecanismos de financiamiento público para el desarrollo rural

Training Resources & Tools
January, 2013
Bolivia

 
Este documento contiene información descriptiva y de referencia sobre los diferentes mecanismos de financiamiento público para el desarrollo rural en Bolivia. El material se produjo en el marco de dos seminarios realizados con el objetivo de difundir esta informacióncon organizaciones vinculadas a Trocaire y el Centro de Investigación y Promoción del Campesinado (CIPCA) en el departamento de La Paz.

The New Kigamboni City: Prospects and Challenges

Reports & Research
February, 2012
Tanzania

In early 2008 the government of Tanzania through the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development –MLHHSD, initiated a project to develop a new city at Kigamboni area in Temeke district of Dar es Salaam region. The reasons behind the decision were many but the most important factor was that the move would provide solutions to mitigate the urbanization problems of Dar es Salaam and its environs.

Non-Citizens and Land Tenure in Kenya: Land Acquisition for Investment in a New Constitutional Era

Journal Articles & Books
Reports & Research
June, 2012
Kenya

The acquisition of land by foreigners in developing countries has emerged as a key mechanism for foreign direct investment (FDI). FDI is defined by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as the category of international investment that reflects the objective of a resident entity in one economy to obtain a lasting interest in an enterprise resident in another economy.

The County Governments Act, 2012

Legislation & Policies
October, 2012
Kenya

COUNTY GOVERNMENTS ACT NO. 17 OF 2012

Date of assent: 24th July, 2012.

Date of commencement: See Section 1.

An Act of Parliament to give effect to Chapter Eleven of the Constitution; to provide for county governments' powers, functions and responsibilities to deliver services and for connected purpose

Land Use in Kenya; The case for a national land-use policy

Journal Articles & Books
February, 2015
Kenya

This book exposes the key land use and environmental problems facing Kenya today due to lack of an appropriate national land use policy. The publication details how the air is increasingly being polluted, the water systems are diminishing in quantity and deteriorating in quality. The desertification process threatens the land and its cover. The soils are being eroded leading to siltation of the ocean and lakes. The forests are being depleted with impunity thus destroying the water catchments.

Accès au foncier et relations de pouvoir : l’enchâssement des acquisitions foncières à grande échelle au Mozambique

Journal Articles & Books
February, 2017
Mozambique

Date: mars 2017

Source: Foncier & Développement

Malgré une littérature abondante, les acquisitions foncières à grande échelle sont généralement  considérées comme des éléments exogènes aux territoires dans lesquelles elles sont réalisées.
La plupart des analyses ne s’intéresse, en effet, qu’aux processus de consultation et à la reconnaissance légale des droits fonciers des populations locales.

Qu’est-ce que la sécurité foncière et comment la renforcer ?

Reports & Research
June, 2017
Global

Date: juillet 2017

Source: Foncier & Développement

Le thème de l’insécurité foncière est mis en avant depuis les années 1990 dans les débats de politique foncière, mais trop souvent sans définition claire de cette notion. Or il ne faut pas confondre sécurité et droits formalisés ou légalisés, ni sécurité et propriété privée.

NATIONAL LAND USE POLICY

Manuals & Guidelines
April, 2016
Kenya

The absence of a clearly defined land use policy in Kenya after years of independence has resulted in a haphazard approach to managing the different land use practices and policy responses. Land use continues to be addressed through many uncoordinated legal and policy frameworks that have done little to unravel the many issues that affect land use management. The Constitution of Kenya 2010, Kenya Vision 2030 and the Sessional Paper No. 3 of 2009 on National Land Policy all call for a clear framework for effectively addressing the challenges related to land use.

PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF COUNTY SPATIAL PLANS

Manuals & Guidelines
January, 2017
Kenya

The Constitution of Kenya 2010 apportions responsibility of planning to both National and County governments. The County Government Act, 2012 obligates county governments to prepare and implement County Integrated Development Plans (CIDP). The CIDPs are, according to the act, five year plans that will form the basis of annual budgetary allocation by the county governments.