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In an endeavor to deepen understanding and foster new insights regarding land tenure rights of indigenous and Afro-descendant territories in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Land Coalition, and The Tenure Facility are collaborating to organize a series of...

Land is the foundation of every food system, providing water, food and natural resources that sustain all forms of life, and it is inextricably connected to people and their corresponding, societies, economies and cultures. A recent publication from the International Land Coalition (ILC), “Uneven Ground,” sheds new light on the...

The year 2020 marked the completion and closure of the second implementation phase of the World Bank-financed Land Administration Project in Nicaragua (PRODEP II, 2013-2020). It also marked two decades of sustained financial and technical support from the World Bank,  FAO Investment Centre (CFI), and recently its Knowledge for Investment...

In his book, "Real Estate Registration and Cadastre – Practical Lessons and Experiences", launched in March 2020, Gavin Adlington with the contribution of T. Lamb, R. Tonchovska and R. McLaren, translates a practitioner’s lifetime experience (including more than 20 years of experience with the World Bank) into a practical handbook...

In late 2018, the National Council for Economic and Social Policy (Consejo Nacional de Política Económica y Social (CONPES) in Spanish), through Document CONPES 3951/18, authorized the Government of Colombia to carry out two credit operations, one with the World Bank (WB) for 100 million dollars and another with the...