Land Use
Entitled to Work: Urban Property Rights and Labor Supply in Peru
Erica Field, Harvard University, March 2006
The protection of property rights is widely viewed as being a requisite for economic growth and stability. This paper provides proof of the correlation between these two factors by examining how a national economy can be stimulated as a result of increased government distribution of secure land tenure. Issues of labor supply and work force composition are examined in the context of this Peruvian study that was carried between 1995 and 2003. The study found that by increasing the access of the poor to secure, officially documented land rights, factors such as household work hours, probability of working inside the home, and probability of child labor among single parent households were all affected.
A Missing Point in the Livelihoods Approach: The Question of Property Rights
Leonith Hinojosa, Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, UK, February 2005.
Confronting State Power: What Prospects for Community Forestry in Thailand?
Craig Johnson and Timothy Forsyth (contributors) 2003.
A Rights-Based Approach to Pastoral Development: Lessons from Kenya
Isobel Birch and Halima A. O. Shuria (contributors). Oxfam GB, 2001.
HRBA and the Millennium Development Goals:
Rights Based Approach and the Millennium Development Goals: The UNDP and Hurist Experience
Presentation given at the Oslo Conference Centre on 1 November 2004 by Inger Ultvedt.
[PPT] Access to Land: The Rights Based Approach,
Jochen Donner, ILC Assembly, 21-23 March 2005. Santa Cruz, Bolivia. A Panel Presentation
This presentation deals with land issues and from the perspective of human rights – in particular, the Right to Adequate Food.
Integrated Mine Action: A Rights-Based Approach in Cambodia, by (9.2)
Sally Campbell, AUSTCARE Mine Action Team, Updated, Tuesday, March 07 2006
One of the most important aspects of ensuring that demined land is used for sustainable community development is the identification of the most vulnerable people as land beneficiaries and that a transparent land allocation process is in place that is consistent with Cambodian land law and recently enacted sub-decrees. This document deals with how a rights-based approach is used by AUSTCARE in allocating demined land to vulnerable people. The process of integrating both mine clearance with development inputs and land-law training with capacity building has brought about an evolution in AUSTCARE's programme from outcomes to a rights-based framework. Through its integrated mine action programme, AUSTCARE helps to save lives, reduce injuries and improve the socio-economic conditions of poor communities affected by landmines. It also empowers communities by focusing on their legal and human rights. In Cambodia, the integration of mine clearance with poverty alleviation can only be sustainable if land rights and secure land titles are achieved for the landless poor. AUSTCARE's approach is based on strengthening both partner organisations and civil society to achieve local ownership and sustainable development. This approach has enhanced accountability to the people with whom we work, especially the most vulnerable poor.