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Local land tenure administration : the case of the land tenure office in Ankilizato commune - AD2M

Reports & Research
January, 2008
Madagascar
In a country where most people live from the land, land tenure law is of vital importance. However, it is a thorny and still largely unresolved issue. For more than a century, the Malagasy State has been the sole owner and manager of most of the country’s territory – unregistered land – which has meant a general insecurity for poor farmers without the means to purchase a title deed.

Evaluation institutionnelle de la réforme foncière à Madagascar

Reports & Research
January, 2011

The evaluation report of FIDA and FAO summarizes the lessons learned from the land reform in Madagascar. Overall it comes to the conclusion, that the reform meets a genuine demand for a simplified, decentralized, accessible system to obtain security of land tenure, at least in a large number of communes and regions. But it also identifies difficulites and challenges to be met and formulates further recommendations.

Recognizing Ethnic Minorities Customary Land Rights in Vietnam and the Philippines

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2009
Philippines

Most ethnic minorities in Vietnam such as the Vietnamese-Thai, Tay, Nung, Hmong, Muong and Dao have a special relationship with the land, elements and other living creatures. This relationship goes beyond mere economic interests to cultural and spiritual connections to the places they have inhabited for generations.