Bringing together experts, researchers and French Cooperation agents, the Technical Committee on “Land Tenure and Development” is an informal think tank. Since 1996, it has provided French International Cooperation support on strategies and activity supervision in the fi eld of land tenure in conjunction with numerous French and international actors. The Technical Committee on “Land Tenure and Development” initiated the website “www.foncier-developpement.org”. The White Paper was drafted under (...)

Many conflicts occurring today all over the world are still related to land issues. These land tenure related conflicts can be classified in three main categories according to their origin: A very unequal distribution of land. This is a situation that calls for the implementation of agrarian reforms. An insecure access to land or to resources: non-recognition of customary rights, access to land not secured for the farmers renting land or for the sharecroppers, precarious rights for (...)