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En la ruta

Policy Papers & Briefs
Março, 2013
Bolívia
América do Sul

Al llegar al número 100 del boletín virtual quincenal Apuntes y de la serie de artículos Diálogos, la autora, cofundadora y miembro del equipo del Instituto para el Desarrollo Rural de Sudamérica, comparte con las y los lectores algunos avatares y lecciones del proceso.
 
En la ruta
Carmen Beatriz Ruiz*

Etanol y monocultivo de caña en Brasil

Policy Papers & Briefs
Abril, 2012
Brasil

* Maria Luisa Mendonça
 
En esta nueva entrega del boletín quincenal Apuntes, el Instituto para el Desarrollo Rural de Sudamérica (IPDRS) comparte con las y los suscriptores un tema de actualidad y preocupación permanente: el efecto de la expansión de la frontera agrícola dedicada al monocultivo para la producción de etanol. La autora ofrece información detallada sobre la experiencia brasileña y alerta respecto a los peligros de la práctica, ya notablemente extendida en su país. Como siempre, nuestro sitio queda abierto al debate.

Application of Fiscal Instruments in Land Management

Reports & Research
Abril, 2012
Quênia

Fiscal instruments are tools that governments use to manage revenue and expenditure and therefore influence the growth (or stability) of the various sectors of the economy. Government revenue is derived primarily through taxation. In Kenya, land taxation has contributed less than 1% of government revenue for the past three years. The Sessional Paper No.

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

Journal Articles & Books
Reports & Research
Junho, 2012
Quênia

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.

Large Scale Land Acquisitions for Investment in Kenya

Journal Articles & Books
Reports & Research
Novembro, 2016
Quênia

Land acquisitions, either driven by foreign investments or domestic investment needs have continued to polarize opinions. When this research was proposed, it was premised on arguments by scholars Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Helen Markelova, who had analysed agricultural land deals, and argued that there were potentially two schools of thought about foreign acquisitions over agricultural land.

Handbook on Land Laws

Legislation & Policies
Legislation
National Policies
Fevereiro, 2015
Quênia

The Land Act, 2012

The Land Registration Act, 2012

The National Land Commission Act, 2012

The Environment & Land Court Act, 2011

The Urban Areas & Cities Act, 2011

Investimentos, assimetrias e movimentos de protesto na província de Tete

Journal Articles & Books
Agosto, 2016
Moçambique

O texto pretende analisar a distribuição do grande investimento económico pelos diferentes distritos da província de Tete, procurando identificar impactos socio-económicos, a emergência de novos problemas sociais e respectivas formas de protesto. Na análise constata-se a concentração do grande investimento no eixo Tete-Moatize, a reboque da indústria extractiva, alimentando assimetrias sócio-espaciais e atraindo movimentos migratórios, que concorreram para a saturação das infraestruturas urbanas.

Land for infrastructure development: compulsory acquisition and compensation of unregistered/undocumented land in Kenya

Journal Articles & Books
Fevereiro, 2017
Quênia

Kenya’s Vision 2030 aims at transforming the country into a newly industrialized middle income country


and infrastructural development is high on the agenda to achieve this. Competing land uses and existing


interests in land make the use of eminent domain by government in acquiring land inevitable. However


most of the land earmarked for compulsory acquisition comprises of un- registered land whose interests


Corruption and land governance in Kenya

Journal Articles & Books
Junho, 2015
Quênia

In the recent past, high profile cases involving land governance problems have been thrust into the public domain. These include the case involving the grabbing of a playground belonging to Lang’ata Road Primary School in Nairobi and the tussle over a 134 acre piece of land in Karen. Land ownership and use have been a great source of conflict among communities and even families in Kenya, a situation exacerbated by corruption.

NATIONAL LAND USE POLICY

Manuals & Guidelines
Abril, 2016
Quênia

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.

Leveraging Land: Land-based Finance for Local Governments - A Reader

Manuals & Guidelines
Novembro, 2016
Global

The potential contribution of land based financing to the development of sustainable and equitable cities and properly serviced communities is often underestimated. Land based financing is a collective name given to a range of instruments by which local governments could expand their revenue base and generate funds that will help them to deliver services and infrastructure development and achieve their maintenance goals.