Focus on Land in Africa (FOLA)
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Placing land rights at the heart of development - Focus on Land in Africa is an educational resource that explores how land and natural resource rights affect, and are effected by, development in Africa. Through sharing experiences and raising awareness, FOLA aims to elevate land and natural resource rights as an urgent priority for development in Africa.FOLA shares a diversity of insights, experiences, and lessons from countries across the continent, highlighting the critical role of property rights in local livelihoods and development. It examines the impact of land rights on agriculture, the environment, conflict, urban poverty, women's empowerment, and other development issues. It provides insights into property rights issues including markets and land governance and explores the critical intersection of customary and statutory law.Learn more about the critical role of land and natural resource rights in African development and how:· Secure land rights for the rural poor enable investments that improve farm productivity and sustainability. · Secure land rights empower women, and often translate into more household income spent on food, nutrition and education. · In crowded city slums and informal settlements, secure property rights can pave the way for improved sanitation. · Local people's secure rights to use and benefit from natural resources inspire more sustainable use of forests and conservation of wildlife.Photo credit: © 2011 Deborah Espinosa
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