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Increasingly land tenure institutions are required to support the decentralization of services to local governments. One expectation of decentralization is improved delivery of services by the level of government that is closest to the beneficiaries of those services. While the scope of services being allocated to local governments has expanded, many rural local governments lack the revenues…

This volume contains the proceedings of the workshops held in the framework of the EU “MEDRAP Concerted Action to Support the Elaboration of the Sub-Regional Action Programme to Combat Desertification in the Northern Mediterranean”. During the project, which ran from 2001 until 2003, five workshops were held on: - Sustainable Use of Soil and Water Resources; - Identification of…

Ever since its creation in 1948, under the auspices of UNESCO, the International Councilon Archives (ICA) has provided significant technical and professional assistance to archivists and archival institutions in the world. By way of studies, conferences, expert missions, elaboration of norms and standards and the sharing of information, the ICA has played an essential role in raising awareness of…

This bulletin is issued by FAO as a medium for the dissemination of information and views on land reform and related subjects to the United Nations, FAO Member Governments and national and international experts and institutions. Articles are published in the original language (English, French or Spanish). Readers requiring more detailed information concerning this bulletin or…

Although ancestral rights to land are a cornerstone of the livelihoods of indigenous peoples, few countries have been ready to undertake their recognition. Lack of political will together with obstacles such as lack of legal recognition of indigenous rights in national legal frameworks and tenure regimes, different forms of discrimination and inappropriate policies towards indigenous peoples are…

The OECD Development Centre links OECD members with developing and emerging economies and fosters debate and discussion to seek creative policy solutions to emerging global issues and development challenges. OECD Development Centre Policy Insights is a series of policy-oriented occasional papers drawn from the Development Centre’s Work Programme. All titles are generally available in the two…