Pallas, Sabine | 2011]
- Author(s): Pallas, Sabine
- Publisher: Graduate institute of international and development studies
- Pages: 269--289
- Keywords: gender, land use, poverty alleviation, empowerment, land rights, women
\\sl276\\slmult1Women's land rights are particularly crucial, as secure access to land and other natural resources is a basis for sustainable livelihoods and a key factor in assuring food security. The ability to access land is contingent on processes of empowerment.
Palmer, Robin | 2007
- Author(s): Palmer, Robin
- Publisher: University of Birmingham]. Governance and social development resource centre (GSDRC)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: governance, land tenure, land rights, china, botswana
This review summarizes key findings from research into the governance issues of security of land tenure and distributional inequalities over land. It indicates research findings on effective ways to build capacity, accountability and responsiveness of the institutions governing access to land.
Paradza, Gaynor and Mokwena, Lebogang and Richards, Robin | 2010
- Author(s): Paradza, Gaynor and Mokwena, Lebogang and Richards, Robin
- Publisher: Centre for policy studies (CPS)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: local government, political representation, governance, public services, south africa
The dynamics of local government service delivery in South Africa is examined, with special emphasis on the role of elected officials, who are a fundamental but often neglected part of the local governance system and whose role has a policy-shaping influence.
Parker, Andrew and Sera, Yumi and Bhatnagar, Bhuvan | 2005
- Author(s): Parker, Andrew and Sera, Yumi and Bhatnagar, Bhuvan
- Publisher: World bank
- Pages: --
- Keywords: community development, community participation, manuals, empowerment, governance, rural development, philippines
This paper reports on a community-driven development project in the Philippines that aims to empower communities through their enhanced participation in poverty reduction projects. Stories from the communities illustrate the general outline of the programme objectives and features.
Pedersen, Rasmus Hundsbوk | 2011
- Author(s): Pedersen, Rasmus Hundsbوk
- Publisher: Danish institute for international studies (DIIS)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: public administration, land rights, community participation, governance, local government, land reform, tanzania
Implementation of Tanzania's land reform has so far been slow and uneven. The promised benefits - economic growth and improved tenure security - do not happen. Citizens and their elected representatives should be allowed to define the land reform processes in their villages.