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WOMEN & LAND RIGHTS - CORRUPTION
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UN News Centre - Link to Full
Article
CORRUPTION LEADING TO UNEQUAL ACCESS
& USE OF LAND - UN - WOMEN
12 December 2011 – Corruption
caused by weak governance is leading to unequal land distribution and poor
resource management, according to a United Nations report released today, which
argues that this lack of transparency is undermining social stability,
investment and growth in developing countries.
Weak land
governance occurs as a result of low levels of transparency, accountability and
the rule of law, the report says, which
strains “the rules, processes and institutions that determine which land
resources are used, by whom, for how long, and under what conditions.”
The report,
jointly produced by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Transparency International, found that
in more than 61 countries weak governance has increased the likelihood of
corruption in land occupancy and administration, intensifying the impact of
pressures on land use, agriculture and food security worldwide.......
Direct
Link to Full 12-Page Working Paper: CORRUPTION IN THE LAND SECTOR -http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/am943e/am943e00.pdf
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Full UN Special Rapporteur Food
Statement Text:
"Vulnerable land users must be
protected by international guidelines," - UN Special Rapporteur on the
Right to Food.
[3 October 2011] GENEVA – “Land rights are the first building block on the road to achieving food security, and without international consensus on how land should be governed, the interests of vulnerable land users will continue to be swept aside......"
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