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La cuestión agraria en Uruguay

Policy Papers & Briefs
February, 2013
Uruguay

El autor asegura que  hay contradicciones flagrantes entre el discurso y la práctica del gobierno del presidente Mujica en Uruguay,  poniendo como principal ejemplo que “Los principales referentes del segundo gobierno del Frente Amplio, mediante ejercicios retóricos verdaderamente admirables, intentan enmarcar sus políticas agrarias como parte de la vía al socialismo” mientras que, en la realidad, esas transformaciones no existen. A lo largo del artículo, Gabriel Oyhantçabal describe y analiza la situación uruguaya para probar su aseveración.

Tenure and Investment in Africa

Reports & Research
January, 2017
Africa
Kenya
Cameroon
Burkina Faso
Liberia
Mali
Senegal

This synthesis of our findings from an investigation of tenure risk in East, West, and Southern Africa, shows that a majority of tenure disputes are caused by the displacement of local peoples, indicating that companies and investors are not doing enough to understand competing claims to the land they acquire or lease. This failure in diligence is particularly noteworthy given that a majority of the disputes analyzed had materially significant impacts: indeed, a higher proportion of projects in Africa are financially impacted by tenure dispute than any other region in the world. 

The Lands Act

Legislation
August, 1995
Zambia

[An Act to provide for the continuation of Leaseholds and leasehold tenure; to provide for the continued vesting of land in the Presindent and alienation of land by the President; to provide for the statutory recognition and continuation of customary tenure ; to provide for the conversion of customary tenure into leasehold tenure....]

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.

Regional Law No. 4-RZ amending Regional Law No. 59-RZ “On regulation of some issues in the sphere of land relations”.

Legislation
Russia
Eastern Europe
Europe

Article 3 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Regional Government shall be responsible for setting forth the modalities of calculation of lease for public land plots and plots of land with undelimited ownership destined for lease without tender”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 59-RZ “On regulation of some issues in the sphere of land relations”. (2012-09-26)

Communal Land Reform Act, 2002 (Act No. 5 of 2002).

Legislation
Namibia
Southern Africa
Africa

This Act makes provision for the allocation of rights in land in the areas described in the First Schedule to this Act or in any area which is declared to be communal land under section 16(1)(a) of this Act ("communal land"). The Act consists of 47 sections divided into 5 Chapters.The Minister must establish Communal Land Boards to perform the functions conferred on a Board by this Act within the area for which each Board is established. Boards shall be established for a region, a part of a region or two or more regions.

Settled Land Act 1884.

Legislation
Australia
Oceania

This Act, consisting of 58 sections divided into 15 Parts and completed by one Schedule, establishes measures for facilitating sales, leases, and other disposition of settled land, etc. Under the Act, “settlement” includes “an instrument or instruments which under this Act or the corresponding previous enactments is or are deemed to be or which together constitute a settlement, and a settlement which is deemed to have been made by any person or to be subsisting for the purposes of this Act”, what constitutes a settlement is defined under section 8.

Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (Cap. 55).

Legislation
United Kingdom
Europe
Northern Europe

This Act provides with respect to definition of tenancy rights in respect to agricultural holdings. A secure tenancy is a long term heritable tenancy with security of tenure and a succession right An agricultural holding is the consolidation of agricultural land, fixed equipment, house, buildings, in any tenancy arrangement between a landlord and a tenant farmer.

Decree No. 17 of 2002 of the Government containing detailed rules on the registration of the assets, on the management and utilization of assets of the National Land Fund.

Regulations
Hungary
Eastern Europe
Europe

This Decree applies to arable and, exceptionally, to uncultivated lands forming part of the state-owned propriety, which are managed by the Hungarian National Land Fund Company according to the principles of land tenure policy. The Company keeps an inventory of the assets of the Fund and determines the utilization of lands. There are detailed rules regarding the method and the content of data to be registered and the plan for the utilization of lands (sale or lease through tender).

Rent Restriction Act (Cap. 296).

Legislation
Kenya
Eastern Africa
Africa

This Act provides for the control of increase in rent of such immovable property as set out in section 2 of this Act. For purposes of rent control, the Minister shall, by notice in the Gazette, establish such Rent Tribunals, having jurisdiction in such areas, as he or she may think fit. These courts may assess and fix rent and shall other powers as set out in sections 5 and 6. Any person who fails to comply with any lawful order or decision of the Tribunal shall be punished in accordance with section 7.