The last several decades have seen a change in the legal landscape relating to land in Puntland and Somaliland. Traditionally, both regions have consisted primarily of large swaths of rural and agricultural land, owned in common by clans and subclans in accordance with customary law. While the customary system is also capable of recognizing individual rights and grievances of members of the community in question, it remains primarily accessible to male members of the majority clan.

Three decades of conflict resulted in severe damage and destruction to houses and infrastructure facilities in the North and East of Sri Lanka. Unable to recover from major financial shocks due to poverty and years of displacement, the majority of families were incapable of rebuilding their damaged houses. From 2012, the Government of India funded the construction of 45,000 houses through a homeowner driven process. The project was facilitated through four implementing agencies, including UN-…

This report is based on the outcomes of the capacity development trainings that were undertaken in support to the implementation of the on-going Kenya Municipal Programme. It details outcomes of the first phase of the training that was done for the Kenya Municipal Programme Counties Clusters III (Machakos, Embu & Kiambu) and IV (Nyeri & Nakuru).

Este documento se estructura de la siguiente manera: en primer lugar, se presentan los objetivos del estudio, seguidos de una exposición de la metodología empleada para identificar avances, lecciones aprendidas y recomendaciones para la Alcaldía Mayor, así como el alcance de esta investigación. Posteriormente se presenta el contexto de la implementación de la Estrategia, la justificación de su formulación y finalmente los principales resultados del balance, el conjunto de lecciones aprendidas,…

En síntesis, se trata de un documento de memorias que busca dejar un registro de las actividades de cooperación técnica recientemente desarrolladas y de poner en evidencia de que sí es posible construir lazos de confianza regional a partir del trabajo cotidiano conjunto.

Este documento tiene como objetivo presentar la memoria sobre el proceso realizado con los funcionarios encargados de la hacienda local de seis municipios del entorno metropolitano, a partir del cual se pretende acordar las líneas estratégicas y los compromisos de coordinación y colaboración para avanzar en el desarrollo de estrategias de armonización fiscal y tributaria en el entorno metropolitano.

The institutional framework for housing has many of the necessary components, such as respect for the home and limitation of state procurement of property, enshrined in law and the constitution.

This report is a resource for African citizens and governments as they utilise the opportunity that the Habitat III process opens up.