Document Type: Project Design and Implementation

The purpose of the study is to raise questions concerning the draft Kenya Land Policy and to propose areas for further consideration, to assist Kenya in its attempts to address this difficult issue. The study thus first reviews and assesses systematically the ideas put forward in the current draft of the policy. It goes on to look at the implications of some elements of the policy for ongoing USAID programs, and at opportunities for new programming. It then provides key findings and recommendations.

Angola land tenure and property rights public information and awareness report in Portuguese.

Mining code guide for artisanal diamond miners and workers in the Central African Republic.

This Preliminary Women’s Participation and Beneficiary Plan contains the recommendations to help women participate in and benefit from the national roll-out of the land formalization process in Rwanda. This preliminary plan and the investigations that contributed to it were a part of the early stages of USAID’s gender assistance on property rights and resource governance issues in Rwanda.

The awareness campaign on the Mining Code in the pilot zones of Ngotto, Bossoui and Boulaye in the Central African Republic for the Property Rights and Artisanal Diamond Development program (PRADD).

A mission to Guinea (November 4–20, 2007) confirmed the interest of government authorities and private and civil society stakeholders in receiving the Property Rights and Artisanal Diamond Development (PRADD) pilot project sponsored by the Department of State (Bureau for African Affairs) and USAID (Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade). PRADD is an element of the US Government’s support to the Kimberley Process (KP) aimed at assisting countries participating in KP to improve the quality of internal controls over the production and sale of artisanal, alluvial diamonds through an innovative approach focused on clarifying and reinforcing property rights.

Socio-demographic study of artisanal diamond miners in the pilot areas of the Property Rights and Artisanal Diamond Development program in the Central African Republic.

Land tenure and property rights policy review under the Property Rights and Artisanal Diamond Development project in the Central African Republic.

This report contains a review of lessons learned by other USAID-funded enterprise development and microfinance projects in Benguela Province, an assessment of enterprise development opportunities related to land tenure in the two USAID-funded Pilot Project Areas of Huambo Province, and an analysis of possible study tours between the pilot sites and successful enterprise development projects in Angola.

Trends in water governance emphasize devolution to local users and market-oriented policies. These trends influence how donors, policymakers, and international lending institutions approach water management. This brief – which reviews current knowledge of the consequences for gender equity, summarizes how the trends have played out in various locales, and identifies gaps in our understanding – was published by the Land Tenure Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the USAID TransLinks Program.