This 18-page lessons learned paper from USAID’s Integrated Land and Resource Governance project draws conclusions from two years of experience with integrating gender equality and social inclusion into customary ...

This State of Land Information (SOLI) report from the Land Portal assesses the state of land data in Malawi against principles of land data openness, land information availability and accessibility, and overall good ...

Malawian President, Dr Lazarus Chakwera, has put forward a directive to establish ‘mega farms’. The Ministry of Agriculture have moved to establish these farms by calling for expressions of interest from ...

Advancing women’s land rights is a priority for the international development agenda, yet there is no consensus on which rights should be monitored and reported. Three indicators of women’s property rights are ...

Focuses on innovations in recognition, mapping and documentation of legitimate tenure rights by LEGEND and other pilot projects to address problems that resulted from weak due diligence in the planning of ...

Focuses on adjustments to investment plans and more inclusive approaches to business that engage local communities and small-scale farmers that were adopted by the companies involved in pilot projects. Includes key ...

Offers an account of the experiences of three LEGEND projects in addressing land tenure and government issues that emerged in large-scale investment projects which stemmed from insufficient attention to pre-existing ...

Land investments involve the acquisition of land and natural resources, usually by companies, for business ventures, agriculture and other purposes.  This paper presents eight practical lessons on cross-cutting ...

In recent decades, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have pursued national water permit systems, derived from the colonial era and reinforced by “global best practice.” These systems have proved logistically ...

An analysis of women’s ongoing struggles to secure their land rights in Malawi, where women own only 17% of documented land.