Ratings convey a satisfactory project outcome, likely sustainability, and modest institutional development impacts. Lessons within an overall context indicate that although successful in reaching project development objectives, the project - and the Land Fund in general - was able to respond to only a fraction of beneficiaries demand. In fact, except for a FONTIERRAS program on land regularization, the Land Fund became de facto the main instrument of land access facilitation in Guatemala; however, this was not its initial aim.

The ownership of land has always been an important precondition for lasting socio-economic situation and the development of the country. Despite that, there is a process of learning going on in practically all the new member countries, which are still learning that production efficiency of agriculture depends in a large part on the stability of land ownership and its tranquil farming. Despite many fundamental and substantial differences, we can say that hitherto development in land law was tremendous.

The overall goal of the Land Titling Project is to strengthen the basis for long term sustainable economic and social development. In confirmation with this goal, the objectives of the project are to foster the development of efficient land markets and to facilitate domestic resource mobilization by providing a system of clear and enforceable land use ownership rights, and by developing a land valuation capacity.

The area of arable land in Bulgaria continually decreases. Agricultural land is divided into 10 categories on the basis of soil quality and characteristics and into 8 classes on the basis of erosion degree. An increase of contaminated land has been observed. The most serious problem is water erosion as it affects 80% of the total arable land. On the contrary, the use of fertilizers and pesticides has decreased in recent years. Priority measures of the governmental policy have found place in the National Agriculture and Rural Development Plan over the 2000-2006 period.

The aim of this study was to compare the agricultural land market in Poland and in the selected countries of the European Union. The present paper compares the price changes of agricultural land in Poland and the EU. This research contains the information on institutions involved in agricultural land management in the selected EU countries. The paper presents the current state of the Polish market and its prospects for the land. Therefore, the development of the agricultural real estate market in Poland covers the years from 2004 to 2012.

The Land Administration Project's outcome is rated as satisfactory, sustainability as likely, institutional development impact as modest, Bank performance as satisfactory, and borrower performance as satisfactory. The key lessons learned include: 1) Land administration, particularly in societies with large indigenous populations, is complex. 2) Project studies by themselves do not guarantee progress on policy and institutional reforms and more direct linkage to the project activities is required up front.

This working paper reviews historical and current factors and patterns affecting land use, land tenure, resource access, human settlement, and conflicts over resource access and tenure in the districts around Mt. Elgon in Kenya and Uganda.

The Land Mobilization Project assists the Government's Land Mobilization Program which aims to contribute to economic growth through more productive use of land resources, while promoting equity, employment, participation and social stability. The project supports all six components of the program with techncial assistance, additional contract and local staff, equipment, and buildings.

Does providing increased access to secure property rights have a positive impact on people's livelihoods? This policy brief questions Hernando de Soto's contention that capitalism can be made to work for the poor, through formalising their property rights in houses, land and small businesses.

This paper begins by exploring the history of tenure in Tanzania's forests. It states that, while the government has retained ownership of forests centrally; locally, people have used forest resources without restriction. This has led to the over exploitation of many forest resources and a lack of sense of ownership and responsibility among forest communities.The author states that the government plans to transfer management rights for forests while retaining tenure centrally, but that there is confusion over how this division of rights can occur legally.

The Land Management and Conservation Project will be part of a long term program for land management and erosion control to enhance agricultural productivity, to be carried out through newly elected village, ward and district councils.