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Land governance and land rights in Palestine: Analysis and recommendations
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Land governance and land rights in Palestine: Analysis and recommendations
2024
This report analyses the land sector by looking at its legal and institutional set up, its stakeholders, and the key land administration functions: land tenure, land value, land use, land development, and land disputes’ resolution. The most important legislation is annexed and a set of preliminary recommendations for consideration by national stakeholders complement the report.

This publication is part of the research work carried out by the Arab Land Initiative under the Arab…
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jordan national urban policy
Policy and Strategy
Jordan National Urban Policy
2024
The Jordan National Urban Policy follows a proactive approach, viewing urbanization not as a burden but as a chance to enhance the economy, address climate change, and improve the overall quality of life. Prioritizing principles of participation, efficiency, human rights, and resilience, it envisions inclusive, sustainable communities through strategically planned growth in diverse locations.
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Land administration and land rights for peace and development in Libya: Analysis and recommendations
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Land administration and land rights for peace and development in Libya: Analysis and recommendations
2023
This report is a contribution towards the improvement of land management and land administration in Libya. It provides a description of the legal, institutional and spatial land-related frameworks in the country, and it analyses the key land administration functions: land tenure, land value, land use, land development and land disputes’ resolution. A list of recommendations complements the analysis, with the intention to trigger further discussions and interest in engaging on the topic. The…
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Terminal Evaluation: Programme Support to Land Governance for Peace, Stability and Reconstruction in Eastern DR Congo Post Conflict Era 2014-2019 (3/2021)
Evaluation
Terminal Evaluation: Programme Support to Land Governance for Peace, Stability and Reconstruction in Eastern DR Congo Post Conflict Era 2014-2019 (3/2021)
2023
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Designing for Displacement:  A Spatial Guide for Planning Along Seasonal Rivers in Drylands
Technical Report
Designing for Displacement: A Spatial Guide for Planning Along Seasonal Rivers in Drylands
2023
This collection showcases Nature-based Solutions tailored for the unique challenges posed by seasonal rivers within contexts of protracted displacement, particularly within the arid and semi-arid landscapes of East Africa. Drawing on traditional practices, it champions resilience by advocating for spatial planning and design strategies to foster sustainable land and resource management with parallel avenues for economic development and livelihood enhancement.
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Land and property taxation in fragile states
Technical Report
Land and property taxation in fragile states
2023
Fragile states typically cannot serve their citizens adequately, and often have weak or authoritarian governments. But local governments and municipalities must still provide services to their residents, and they need revenue to do so. One way to raise revenue is by raising their own revenue through taxes on land and property. This book examines the experiences of UN-Habitat and its partners in setting up or strengthening land-taxation systems in four fragile states: Somalia, Afghanistan,…
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COMPENDIUM OF INSPIRING PRACTICES ON URBAN-RURAL LINKAGES: Implementation of Guiding Principles and Framework for Action to advance Integrated Territorial Development - cover
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COMPENDIUM OF INSPIRING PRACTICES ON URBAN-RURAL LINKAGES: Implementation of Guiding Principles and Framework for Action to advance Integrated Territorial Development
2023
The third edition of the Compendium of Inspiring Practices on Urban-Rural Linkages showcases 17 case studies from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. These cases highlight the application of the Urban-Rural Linkages Guiding Principles and Framework for Action (URL-GP) and emphasize the importance of an integrated territorial approach.

The cases cover a range of dimensions, including design, spatial planning, project implementation, strategy,…
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Land Professionals in the Arab region: Roles, capacities and contribution to land governance and land tenure security
Technical Report
Land Professionals in the Arab region: Roles, capacities and contribution to land governance and land tenure security
2023
This study identifies formal and nonformal land professionals’ categories, their current functions and the additional roles that they would need to take up to improve land governance and establish functioning and fit-for-purpose land administration systems in the Arab region. The study highlights the common challenges faced by land professionals and takes stock of their current capacities, the additional capacities they would need, and the interventions that would enable them to adequately play…
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UN-Habitat Regional Office for Arab States Overview 2022
Regional Report
UN-Habitat Regional Office for Arab States Overview 2022
2023
The UN-Habitat Regional Office for the Arab States, located in Cairo, supports 18 countries in the region to promote socially and environmentally sustainable cities. In a rapidly urbanising region, UN-Habitat envisions well-planned and well-governed cities through focusing on adequate housing, urban recovery, access to basic services, public spaces, policy and governance, housing, land and property rights, localisation of the Sustainable Development Goals and climate action.
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UN-Habitat joins the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact
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Presentation made by Secretariat
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Multilevel Governance and Cooperation with Local and Regional Governments
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Contributions to upcoming priorities of the United Nations in 2024 and 2025
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Status of the preparations for the twelfth session of the World Urban Forum
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Briefing on the upcoming resumed second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly to be held in May 2025
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Discussions on upcoming elections of the UN-Habitat Governing Bodies and Membership of the Executive Board
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