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Land Development and Governance Institute

Acronym: 
LDGI
Focal point: 
Land Development and Governance Institute
Website: 
Land Development and Governance Institute
Email: 
info@ldgi.org

Location

Prof. Nelson Awori Centre, 5th Flr, Suite B6,
Ralph Bunche Road
8222-00100 Nairobi
Kenya
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Working languages: 
Swahili
English
Kenya
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
Urban Tenure
land administration
title deeds
geographical information systems
cadastral register
cadastral administration
deed registration
Torrens system
gender equity in access to land
expropriation
urban planning
common law
urbanization
environment
common lands
agricultural land management
intensive land use
land subdivision
natural resources management
land acquisitions
alienation (land)
assignment (land)
compulsory acquisitions
capital value (land)
estate management
informal settlements
land access
use rights
land dispute
leases
common rights
community land rights
continuum in land rights
customary land rights
grazing land rights
indigenous peoples' land rights
co-ownership rights
collective ownership
communal ownership
customary tenure
formal tenure
tenure regularization
common property
advocacy
extractive industries

Land Development and Governance Institute

 

MISSION: To contribute to improved livelihoods through offering a bridge between communities, stakeholders and policy makers in the promotion of equitable access and sustainable management of land and natural resources.

VISION: To become a centre of excellence in promoting the application of appropriate land policies, laws and management practices by empowering society through innovative and knowledge based advocacy and capacity building in Kenya and the region. LDGI values of Integrity, Trust and Professionalism influence the way we work every day and everywhere.

Land Development and Governance Institute Resources

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Library Resource

PERSPECTIVES ON PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND THE MAINSTREAMING OF THE COMMONS IN KENYA

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2017
Kenya
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
community land rights
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous peoples' lands
Indigenous Peoples
indigenous people's tenure
intensive land use
land administration
land management
land use
land use mapping
land-use planning
local communities
management rights
natural resources management
sustainable land use

The need for affirmative action and the mainstreaming of the commons community plus a comprehensive strategy to secure indigenous and community land has become a major global concern of the 21st century. To achieve this will require out of the box reform mechanisms and the participation of the communities concerned, such that the reforms recognize and embrace indigenous systems and structures that offer avenues to secure collective rights, land use and management of commons resources; namely pastures, water and forests among others.

Library Resource

DEVELOPING LAND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LIMS) FOR COUNTY GOVERNMENTS IN KENYA: A CASE STUDY KIRINYAGA COUNTY.

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2017
Kenya
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
cadastral administration
cadastral register
cadastres
capacity development
forest management plans
geographical information systems
intensive land use
land access
land administration
land governance
land information systems
land management
land use
land use mapping
land-use planning
natural resources management
open access (land)
parcel plan
research
right of access
scale
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
urban planning

This paper describes the development of a Land Information Management System (LIMS) for County Governments in Kenya. In the new Constitution 2010, devolution of some national government functions and formation of county governments was provided for. These invoked the development of new land laws to guide the devolution processes and procedures. According to the County Government Act 2012, all County Governments are supposed to develop digital Geographic Information System (GIS) based spatial plans and these calls for development of LIMS for and efficient breakthrough.

Library Resource

LAND GOVERNANCE IN URBAN AREAS CASE OF NAIROBI CITY COUNTY

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2017
Kenya
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
cadastral administration
intensive land use
land administration
land dispute
land dispute resolution
land governance
land information systems
land management
land use
land-use planning
land valuation
sustainable land use
urban planning
urbanization

Globalisation and urbanisation trends in developing countries present both opportunities for growth and development on one hand while contributing to the complex myriad challenges of managing urbanisation on the other hand. Cities and urban areas play a critical in the development of a country. They provide platforms that incorporate intense combination of economic, cultural and political factors of a country or region. Nairobi city is Kenya’s economic capital and is a major economic hub in Africa.

Library Resource

Land for infrastructure development: compulsory acquisition and compensation of unregistered/undocumented land in Kenya

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2017
Kenya
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
cadastral administration
cadastral register
capital value (land)
communal ownership
compensation
compulsory acquisitions
deed registration
displacement
eminent domain
land administration
land dispute
land dispute resolution
land governance
land investments
land ownership
land registration
land titling
land use
land valuation
management rights
natural resources management
research
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
title deeds
women
youth

Kenya’s Vision 2030 aims at transforming the country into a newly industrialized middle income country


and infrastructural development is high on the agenda to achieve this. Competing land uses and existing


interests in land make the use of eminent domain by government in acquiring land inevitable. However


most of the land earmarked for compulsory acquisition comprises of un- registered land whose interests


Library Resource

WOMEN LAND AND PROPERTY RIGHTS IN KENYA

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2017
Kenya
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
communal ownership
community land rights
customary land rights
customary tenure
eviction
gender equity in access to land
land access
land administration
land inheritance rights
land management
land ownership
land tenure systems
local communities
tenure security
statutory tenure
women

While women’s rights to land and property are protected under the Kenyan Constitution of 2010 and in various national statutes, in practice, women remain disadvantaged and discriminated. The main source of restriction is customary laws and practices, which continue to prohibit women from owning or inheriting land and other forms of property.

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