Study on Gender Impacts of Land Titling in Post-Tsunami Aceh, Indonesia

The tsunami that originated from the Indian Ocean in 2004 wreaked massive destruction, killing more than 130,000 people and displacing half a million individuals in Aceh, Indonesia. More than 800 kilometers of coastline was affected, and close to 5...

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spelling okr-10986-275832021-04-23T14:04:43Z Study on Gender Impacts of Land Titling in Post-Tsunami Aceh, Indonesia World Bank AGRICULTURAL AREAS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURE APARTMENT APARTMENT BLOCKS ARABLE LAND BANKING SECTOR COMMUNAL LAND COMMUNITY RELATIONS CONSTRUCTION DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT ELECTRIC POWER EMPLOYMENT FINANCIAL RESOURCES FISCAL YEAR FOREST LAND FORESTRY IMPROVED LAND INCOME INFORMATION DISSEMINATION INTEREST RATES INVESTMENT EXPENDITURES IRRIGATED LAND KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS LABOR FORCE LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND CLAIMS LAND DEVELOPMENT LAND IMPROVEMENT LAND LEASING LAND MANAGEMENT LAND MARKET LAND MARKETS LAND PARCELS LAND PLANNING LAND REFORM LAND REGISTRATION LAND RIGHTS LAND SALES LAND SPECULATION LAND TENURE LAND TITLE LAND TITLES LAND TITLING LAND TRANSACTIONS LAND USE LAND USE PLANNING LAND VALUATION LANDUSE PLANNING LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MORTGAGE LENDING NATURAL RESOURCES POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LINE PRESENT VALUE PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY VALUES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESOURCE MOBILIZATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT STATE PROPERTY SUSTAINABLE USE TAX REVENUE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOWNS TRADE FLOWS URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION VILLAGES ZONING The tsunami that originated from the Indian Ocean in 2004 wreaked massive destruction, killing more than 130,000 people and displacing half a million individuals in Aceh, Indonesia. More than 800 kilometers of coastline was affected, and close to 53,795 land parcels were destroyed. The land administration system sustained significant damage because documentation of land ownership was washed away along with people's houses and other possessions in the affected communities. Physical boundary markers, including trees and fences, also disappeared. An additionally, close to one-third of the land office personnel perished. When the disaster struck, Aceh was reeling from three decades of civil strife. Five years later, in 2009, the province was still in the process of recovery not only from the devastation of the tsunami but also from years of unrest. The premise of this research study is that the gender aspects of women's access to land and property rights cannot be understood solely as an administrative or procedural issue, but should be considered a part of the broader social and cultural dimensions. These dimensions need to be understood in relation to development opportunities, constraints, and risks facing women and affecting their ability to participate in the process of reconstruction and development. Understanding the macro social and institutional processes is essential to influencing and supporting changes to enhance gender equity on land and property rights. The results of this study need to be appreciated within the following limitations: (a) it is affected by the absence of baseline information and gender-disaggregated data on land; (b) the scope of this study is limited to land and property rights only; and (c) by the time this study commenced, the Reconstruction of Aceh Land Administration System Project (RALAS) Grant had closed, and therefore the study served mainly to assess and document the experiences and lessons learned. 2017-07-17T19:15:27Z 2017-07-17T19:15:27Z 2010 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/126381468285613599/Study-on-gender-impacts-of-land-titling-in-post-tsunami-Aceh-Indonesia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27583 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Women in Development and Gender Study Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific Indonesia
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topic AGRICULTURAL AREAS
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURE
APARTMENT
APARTMENT BLOCKS
ARABLE LAND
BANKING SECTOR
COMMUNAL LAND
COMMUNITY RELATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
DECENTRALIZATION
DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ELECTRIC POWER
EMPLOYMENT
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FISCAL YEAR
FOREST LAND
FORESTRY
IMPROVED LAND
INCOME
INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
INTEREST RATES
INVESTMENT EXPENDITURES
IRRIGATED LAND
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
LABOR FORCE
LAND ADMINISTRATION
LAND CLAIMS
LAND DEVELOPMENT
LAND IMPROVEMENT
LAND LEASING
LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND MARKET
LAND MARKETS
LAND PARCELS
LAND PLANNING
LAND REFORM
LAND REGISTRATION
LAND RIGHTS
LAND SALES
LAND SPECULATION
LAND TENURE
LAND TITLE
LAND TITLES
LAND TITLING
LAND TRANSACTIONS
LAND USE
LAND USE PLANNING
LAND VALUATION
LANDUSE PLANNING
LAWS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGISLATION
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MORTGAGE LENDING
NATURAL RESOURCES
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY LINE
PRESENT VALUE
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY VALUES
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
STATE PROPERTY
SUSTAINABLE USE
TAX REVENUE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TOWNS
TRADE FLOWS
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POPULATION
VILLAGES
ZONING
spellingShingle AGRICULTURAL AREAS
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURE
APARTMENT
APARTMENT BLOCKS
ARABLE LAND
BANKING SECTOR
COMMUNAL LAND
COMMUNITY RELATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
DECENTRALIZATION
DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ELECTRIC POWER
EMPLOYMENT
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FISCAL YEAR
FOREST LAND
FORESTRY
IMPROVED LAND
INCOME
INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
INTEREST RATES
INVESTMENT EXPENDITURES
IRRIGATED LAND
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
LABOR FORCE
LAND ADMINISTRATION
LAND CLAIMS
LAND DEVELOPMENT
LAND IMPROVEMENT
LAND LEASING
LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND MARKET
LAND MARKETS
LAND PARCELS
LAND PLANNING
LAND REFORM
LAND REGISTRATION
LAND RIGHTS
LAND SALES
LAND SPECULATION
LAND TENURE
LAND TITLE
LAND TITLES
LAND TITLING
LAND TRANSACTIONS
LAND USE
LAND USE PLANNING
LAND VALUATION
LANDUSE PLANNING
LAWS
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGISLATION
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MORTGAGE LENDING
NATURAL RESOURCES
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY LINE
PRESENT VALUE
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY VALUES
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
STATE PROPERTY
SUSTAINABLE USE
TAX REVENUE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TOWNS
TRADE FLOWS
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POPULATION
VILLAGES
ZONING
World Bank
Study on Gender Impacts of Land Titling in Post-Tsunami Aceh, Indonesia
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Indonesia
description The tsunami that originated from the Indian Ocean in 2004 wreaked massive destruction, killing more than 130,000 people and displacing half a million individuals in Aceh, Indonesia. More than 800 kilometers of coastline was affected, and close to 53,795 land parcels were destroyed. The land administration system sustained significant damage because documentation of land ownership was washed away along with people's houses and other possessions in the affected communities. Physical boundary markers, including trees and fences, also disappeared. An additionally, close to one-third of the land office personnel perished. When the disaster struck, Aceh was reeling from three decades of civil strife. Five years later, in 2009, the province was still in the process of recovery not only from the devastation of the tsunami but also from years of unrest. The premise of this research study is that the gender aspects of women's access to land and property rights cannot be understood solely as an administrative or procedural issue, but should be considered a part of the broader social and cultural dimensions. These dimensions need to be understood in relation to development opportunities, constraints, and risks facing women and affecting their ability to participate in the process of reconstruction and development. Understanding the macro social and institutional processes is essential to influencing and supporting changes to enhance gender equity on land and property rights. The results of this study need to be appreciated within the following limitations: (a) it is affected by the absence of baseline information and gender-disaggregated data on land; (b) the scope of this study is limited to land and property rights only; and (c) by the time this study commenced, the Reconstruction of Aceh Land Administration System Project (RALAS) Grant had closed, and therefore the study served mainly to assess and document the experiences and lessons learned.
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title Study on Gender Impacts of Land Titling in Post-Tsunami Aceh, Indonesia
title_short Study on Gender Impacts of Land Titling in Post-Tsunami Aceh, Indonesia
title_full Study on Gender Impacts of Land Titling in Post-Tsunami Aceh, Indonesia
title_fullStr Study on Gender Impacts of Land Titling in Post-Tsunami Aceh, Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Study on Gender Impacts of Land Titling in Post-Tsunami Aceh, Indonesia
title_sort study on gender impacts of land titling in post-tsunami aceh, indonesia
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/126381468285613599/Study-on-gender-impacts-of-land-titling-in-post-tsunami-Aceh-Indonesia
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