Topics for recent exploration have included land law, land tenure, women's security of tenure, local government training needs, city environmental profiles, best practices and safer cities, as well as information management.

Secure land and resource tenure and a stable political environment are important.

The effects of this disparity are mitigated by education, medicine, and land tenure.

Women should enjoy equal access to economic activities, market opportunities, land tenure and natural resources.

Residential licensing and land titling offer tenure arrangement that could be helpful in accessing credit.

Topics of recent city to city cooperation sponsored by UN Habitat include land law, land tenure, women's security of tenure, local government training, city environmental profiles, best practices, safety and justice and the use of information and communication technology.

There are handbooks on how to increase participation and transparency in urban decision making, participatory budgeting, security of tenure and access to land, pro poor land management, and guidelines on how to undertake a national campaign for secure tenure.

The parties also agreed to work together on modifying national identity, eligibility for citizenship, and land tenure laws.

The issue of land tenure rights should be addressed at an early stage in the programme design process.

A clearly defined land tenure policy is an important prerequisite for a successful cooperative management programme (Ngaido Kirk, 2001).

Governance and land tenure systems must be improved in many countries, and the risk of corruption must be addressed rigorously.

In sub Saharan Africa, reform has often sought to transform customary tenure land into state property or individualized private property.

They are, in addition, helping poor communities directly, especially in acquiring land, securing tenure and providing infrastructure and basic services.

Ordinance 83.127, enacted 5 June 1983, started the process of nationalization of all land not clearly the property of a documented owner, thus abolishing the traditional system of land tenure.

Security of tenure

In addition, government has an important role to play in providing, where necessary, sustainable price support mechanisms and in reforming land tenure systems in order to improve security of title and access to land.

(j) Noting the role of good governance, clear land tenure arrangements and cross sectoral coordination in achieving sustainable forest management and legally sourced timber exports

An overlord was a person from whom a landholding or a manor was held by a mesne lord or vassal under various forms of feudal land tenure.

However, these proven agroforestry techniques must be adopted more widely, despite serious barriers, such as insecurity of land and tree tenure, lack of knowledge and lack of capital.

In Asia, many countries report that they have vast stretches of rangeland where the communities practise traditional stock rearing, relying more on land tenure customs than on modern law.

The Government attached great importance to private sector development of agricultural markets, rural microfinance institutions and domestic credit markets, improvement of land tenure security and expansion of transport links.

In a recent review of rangeland management efforts in Jordan, IFAD indicated there is still a need to clarify the land tenure system and rights to resources (IFAD, 2003b).

Indeed, outspokenness was a hallmark of Wolfensohn s tenure.

Proportion of households with access to secure tenure

Furthermore, rural and dryland development programmes need to be implemented through integrated approaches that have due regard for societal factors such as the security of land tenure, level of decentralization of planning and governance of land resources, and potential for developing alternative livelihoods.

Widespread access to, and knowledge of, the legal regime, and appropriate enforcement have emerged as critical issues for sustainable land management, security of tenure and a much needed investment enhancing framework.

b. Parliamentary documentation two reports to the Arab Regional Conference in preparation for the review on regional campaign on secure housing and land tenure and good urban governance and local urban observatories

His tenure paralleled that of Vincent in many ways.

16. Also encourages the increased involvement of local authorities, as well as other relevant stakeholders, including civil society and the private sector, in the development and implementation of programmes, land use planning and land tenure arrangements, and activities related to sustainable development in mountains

Vanuatu's extreme cultural and linguistic diversity has resulted in a great deal of variation between and within islands in social organization and thus land tenure systems, though there are basic similarities in certain regions.

In this regard, Prime Minister Diarra has sought confirmation from President Mbeki on the need to revise other key pieces of legislation, including the nationality code and the laws on identification and land tenure.

3. States shall give legal recognition and protection to these lands, territories and resources. Such recognition shall be conducted with due respect to the customs, traditions and land tenure systems of the indigenous peoples concerned.

During Berlusconi s tenure in office, his enormous personal assets have tripled.

Political risk and security of tenure present further obstacles to investors.

Indeed, the Fund almost disappeared into complete oblivion during their tenure.

Since the principles on which land tenure systems were based were not written and genealogical records were left to memory, decisions relating to land rights were made in the context of existing social and political circumstances which reflected changes occurring within the society and in the system itself.

15.2 States should ensure that any judicial, quasi judicial, administrative or customary pronouncement regarding the rightful ownership of, or rights to, housing, land and or property is accompanied by measures to ensure registration or demarcation of that housing, land and or property as is necessary to ensure legal security of tenure.

Promoting equal rights of women to secure tenure, including the right to hold legal contracts of tenure, inheritance and other acquisition of real estate, would contribute to improving the lives of women.

A big factor in any timetable for Zimbabwe s rescue is Thabo Mbeki s tenure.

He is also sometimes given credit for America s low inflation during his tenure.

In Eastern Europe, agricultural reform has mainly involved the reform of tenure rights.

I know some people who got tenure in that place with lies like that.

He was granted tenure and a full professorship at Harvard Medical School in 1988.

It is often particularly difficult for women to obtain credit or security of tenure.

He remains unrepentant about the obscene levels of corruption during his tenure as prime minister.