How Can Citizens’ Perception of Land Tenure Security Contribute to Land Governance Reforms in the Arab Region?

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Prindex, the Global Property Rights Index, is a collaborative initiative between Global Land Alliance and ODI to develop and implement the first global measurement of peoples' perceptions of their property rights.  This paper explores the relevance of Prindex survey findings for the land governance agenda in the Arab region. 

This publication is a pre-LUGARIT work by our experts.

Summary

The Arab region is undergoing rapid change – social, economic, environmental – all closely woven with questions of land. This paper sets out how land perceptions data can help navigate a way through this change.


Prindex global findings reveal that tenure insecurity is a problem in almost every country in the world. An estimated 1 in 5 adults – a billion people worldwide – perceive their rights as insecure. In the Arab region, rates of tenure insecurity are higher than the global average. Of a total adult (18+) population of approximately 214 million people in the 13 Arab countries surveyed, more than 52 million (24%) consider it likely or very likely that they will lose their land or property against their will in the next five years.


Other key findings in the study include:



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Darb al-Ahmar, Cairo, Egypt.  Photo ©  Tomas Munita via The New York Times.  Link >