Respecting Land Rights and Averting Land Disputes

UNCTAD ; World Bank

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: RESPONSIBLE AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT;    LAND USE;    LAND TENURE;    LAND DISPUTES;    LAND RIGHTS;   

RP-ID  :  124286

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This note provides guidance on how toensure that agricultural investments respect existing landrights, both formal and informal, and thereby avert landdisputes. Failure to respect land rights - in particularcountry - or region-specific land tenure systems andhistory, including use by pastoralists - has negativeconsequences for communities and other stakeholders. It isalso financially damaging for investors who shortcut dueprocess and end up spending time and money dealing with land disputes.