Tenure security

Land tenure security is important to agricultural development, especially in developing countries. Viet Nam’s land law has been significantly improved since its economic reform starting in 1986, and made a great contribution to the enhancement of the security of farmers’ land-use rights.

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The findings suggest that perceived or real economic benefits generated support for wind farms, especially when those benefits strengthened livelihoods and land-tenure security of host communities where livelihoods depended on fishing and farming and few employment opportunities exist. The varying consultation processes indicate that need for wind investors and state officials to improve community consultations.

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Indicators reveal children are somewhat better off in urban areas than their rural counterparts. However, analysis of data show a growing “urban penalty” related to numbers of the urban poor and deteriorating conditions. Malnutrition is also becoming more of an urban problem, related to higher food costs, reliance on a cash economy and unsanitary conditions.116 The urban poor live in informal settlements without the secure tenure that protects them from eviction. The lack of a legal address can also mean disenfranchisement and difficulty to access services (e.g.

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Lack of secure land tenure and ownership also has a negative impact on women’s ability to reduce their vulnerability to HIV through greater economic as well as physical security and autonomy. When a woman does not own land, it often means that she is denied other economic opportunities, such as collateral for credit. Most women in the Huairou Commission have reported frustration at not being able to access adequate financing for improvement of what little land they may have, or for actually gaining or purchasing land or other property.

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HIV and AIDS have had a devastating impact on the world’s women. In 2008, of the 33.4 million people living with HIV worldwide, 15.7 million, nearly half, were women (UNAIDS, 2009). Grassroots women living in developing regions particularly in Africa and the Caribbean have been especially hard hit. Not only do women seem to be more vulnerable than men to HIV infection, but they also are more greatly affected by the impacts of HIV and AIDS, because of socioeconomic, cultural and political power disparities, and because they tend to absorb the vast majority of the burden of care. ...

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