The LTPR Framework serves as the overarching conceptual methodology tying together overarching themes, definitions, tools, assessments, designs, and training programs that USAID uses to improve LTPR programming and capacity building.
The suite of tools guide users through the assessment of issues and constraints regarding LTPR and resource domains, specifically minerals, trees and forests, freshwater lakes, rivers, and groundwater. Users should begin with the Land Tenure and Property Rights (LTPR) Framework, which introduces themes, definitions, and the LTPR matrix. The matrix helps users identify the “universe” of possible LTPR constraints and interventions and the causal linkages between them. There are five matrix overlays that guide users through additional constraint and intervention considerations. These matrix overlays can be used alone or in coordination with one another to understand how LTPR issues impact projects.
Working with the LTPR framework
Start with the original framework document for the conceptual approach and definitions. The supporting matrix overlays address land tenure and property rights, water, minerals, trees and forests, and women’s land and resource rights. Download these source files under Further Reading to examine the constraints and interventions relevant to a particular resource domain.
The LTPR framework links assessment, project design, and capacity-building tools. Read the archived assessment tools and intervention matrices overview for related context. The land tenure introduction provides a broader route into the rights and governance concepts used across this collection.
Use the original documents to interpret the matrix structure and relationships described in the summary. The framework and overlays remain available as historical programming resources, with their original source attribution preserved.