Rwanda has a bitterly conflicted history with social divisions amplified by its colonial past. As the most densely populated country in Africa, there is enormous pressure on land and natural resources. Rwanda has experienced recurrent episodes of mass violence, civil war and genocide which also displaced millions of people into neighbouring countries in the Great Lakes region.
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Land Area
2,467,000 ha
GDP/Capita
2,239 USD
Total population
13,461,900
Urban population
17.2 %
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Women owning land
0.3 %
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15 February 2024
LAND-at-scale (LAS) is a land governance support program that was launched in March 2019. The program is funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) in the Netherlands and managed by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). LAS strives to upscale and connect the successful interventions and…
06 September 2022
Scaling is at the heart of both the name as well as the strategy of LAND-at-scale (LAS). Scaling and scaling potential are key in the way the program was designed and is reflected in the three pillars chosen to realize the aim of the program. The first pillar is about scaling successful initiatives…
04 August 2022
City of Kigali authorities have said they have embarked on renewed exercise to identify plots of land within city suburbs that have not been developed, warning that the law will take its course for those who will be found at fault.
The 2013 Law Governing Land Use in Rwanda provides for the…
The protection and recognition of widows and female children’s rights over land are stipulated in the national constitution and elaborated in the land policy and related legislation. The LTRP gave women/wives rights to be registered on land certificates with the equal rights to men/their husbands.
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16 May 2023
<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-b6441e82-7fff-1ae8-267f-82de36dd86d9"></span>La tierra es un recurso finito, y el acceso a ella es esencial para la subsistencia de las personas y las comunidades. Para garantizar que el acceso a la tierra sea seguro y equitativo para todos, las…
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Around the world, insecure property rights prevent families from feeling confident about the future, businesses from investing, and communities from becoming more productive. Hundreds of millions of us lack property security. This makes the world poorer, less free, and less just.
There is a growing…
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