Fiche/guide méthodologique

Rights to land and natural resources

2010

When we look at access to land and security of tenure, we talk about formal ‘ownership titles’, ‘informal written contracts’ and oral agreements between various parties. The rights and rights holders concerned are not ...

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Securing and regulating land tenure: putting the issues before the tools. Some of the obstacles to coheent policies

2011

Many West African countries are currently in the process of reforming their land policies. Discussions tend to focus on the tools and mechanisms for securing and regulating land tenure; but while tools are certainly a vital part of ...

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Women and land

2011

Analysis of women’s access to land in West Africa shows that they are central to agricultural development as land users, but rarely have the same access to this resource as men. They mainly have limited and temporary rights, although ...

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Alternative land tenure confl ict management mechanisms: Analytical tools

2010

Conflicts related to natural resource management, and especially land tenure, tend to be more and more exacerbated. Judicial systems responsible in theory for the settlement of land conflicts have failed to find efficient solutions in the ...

Notes de politique

Investment treaties and sustainable development: investor-state arbitration

2014

Many of the world’s 3,000+ international investment treaties (IITs) allow investors to take host country governments to international arbitral tribunals, where decisions are binding and enforceable within and beyond state boundaries. Such ...