This paper from Maliasili is based on an online survey with 49 participants across 18 countries and in-depth interviews with leaders of 23 conservation organisations from 11 Sub-Saharan African countries. It ...

This update of Rights and Resources Initiative’s (RRI) previous assessments of the state of land ownership globally includes comprehensively and collaboratively researched data for the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) ...

This short policy brief from USAID highlights some findings from the USAID-funded Mapping Approaches for Securing Tenure (MAST) programme’s activities in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia, of relevance to issues of ...

This short policy brief from USAID highlights some achievements for women’s land rights from the USAID-funded Mapping Approaches for Securing Tenure (MAST) programme’s activities in Mozambique, Tanzania and ...

The author of the seminal 2009 book on Land Reform in Developing Countries – Property Rights and Property Wrongs, IDS Emeritus Fellow Michael Lipton, passed away in early 2023 and the link here includes a wide ...

This tribute to Robin Palmer was authored by his long-time friend, collaborator, and fellow member of Mokoro, Martin Adams. It speaks to his tremendous contribution to land rights and land tenure security for all, ...

This tribute to Robin Palmer was authored by the land rights scholar and activist Professor Ian Scoones of the University of Sussex’s Institute of Development Studies. Robin and Ian shared a common interest in ...

This tribute to Robin Palmer was authored by his fellow land rights collaborator at Oxfam, Craig Castro, and was published on Oxfam’s From Poverty to Power blog. The article shares lessons from Robin’s many ...

The Key Messages on Sustaining Peace through Women’s Empowerment and Increased Access to Land and Property Rights in Fragile and Conflict-affected Contexts were intended to provide a reference on how to empower ...

In many parts of the world large-scale projects such as agribusiness plantations, mines and infrastructure have heightened the policy imperative to recognise the rights of socially, politically and juridically ...