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6 Ways to Bring Land Expropriation Laws Up to International Standards

Weak laws can allow governments to take land without properly compensating displaced people. Photo by dcmaster/Flickr

6 Ways to Bring Land Expropriation Laws Up to International Standards

By Nicholas Tagliarino, World Resources Institute

June 13th, 2016

Reshaping the Debate on Land Alienation in Africa: What are the Origins of Social Change?

Photo taken in a village in southern Karamoja, Uganda, courtesy of Matt Kandel.

Reshaping the Debate on Land Alienation in Africa: What are the Origins of Social Change?

By Matt Kandel, a Newton International Fellow in the Department of Development Studies at SOAS.

Using Technology to Plan for Africa’s Urban Expansion

By Sarah Logan and Mallory Baxter

African cities are rapidly expanding as the number of urban residents rises due to rural-urban migration and population growth. Ad hoc urban expansion contributes to an increase in unplanned settlements, urban poverty and inequality, and constraints on new residents, who are attempting to secure access to adequate housing, property rights, employment, and basic services.