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PRESS RELEASE: New Digital Tool Secures Land & Resource Rights of Rural and Urban Slum Communities in 17 countries

Launched at the World Bank Land and Poverty Conference, experts announce initiative to transform lives of 8 million disenfranchised people in 30 countries by 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. (28 March, 2019)—At the World Bank Land and Poverty Conference this week, land rights experts with Cadasta Foundation revealed dramatic findings concerning the impact of new mobile technologies that are…

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PRESS RELEASE: Cadasta Foundation Launches New Platform and Strategy to Put Land Rights on the Map

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Cadasta Foundation will launch its new mobile technology and strategy on the sidelines of the World Bank Land and Poverty Conference. The first version of the Cadasta platform successfully documented and strengthened the land, property and resource rights of over one million vulnerable people living in both rural and urban communities in…

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Catalyzing Innovation: Cadasta at the World Bank Land and Poverty Conference

With the 2019 World Bank Land and Poverty Conference around the corner, the Cadasta team is working hard to embody the conference theme of Catalyzing Innovation. With a series of stimulating panels and masterclasses on innovative technologies and our own major event, the seven Cadasta staff attending look forward to to connecting with colleagues from…

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Cadasta Foundation Appoints International Finance Expert Elisa Savva to its Board of Directors

Cadasta Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Elisa Savva as a new Director of the Board. Elisa comes to the Cadasta Board with over 19 years of experience in international finance and accounting. Elisa is a partner at the international tax and consulting firm RSM where she leads their International Non-Governmental…

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Cadasta Welcomes Three New Staff Members

We are thrilled to welcome three new staff members to the Cadasta team: Asaf Even-Paz, Katie Pickett, and Michele MacMillan. Asaf Even-Paz joins as our new Product Manager where he will work closely with our partners and development team to identify platform needs and implement solutions. Asaf is an accomplished GeoInformation Engineer with over…

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When Theory Meets Practice: Developer Reflections from the Field

The Theory When we set out to build Cadasta in 2015, our goal was to make it easier than ever to digitize and modernize the land and property rights documentation process. With many parts of the world lacking a fully digital and easily accessible database of land and property rights, most land and property…

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Letter from the CEO

Dear Cadasta Community and Friends, As our days turn colder and darker in our part of the world this winter, it is a great time to think about preparing for the next season and what it will bring. During my first five months at Cadasta, we have been taking stock of who we are as an…

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My House is My Castle?

Imagine for a moment that you do not have secure rights to the house you live in. Imagine living without a title, deed, or lease to prove your claim to the place you call home. Consider what it would be like to live without any confidence that your government would enforce your claim. In fact,…

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The Green Revolution Reboot: Women’s Land Rights

Few people dispute the transformational impact of the “green revolution” in agriculture that eradicated famine in countries from Mexico to India just over 50 years ago. But as gains in agricultural production have again begun to slow, there are calls for a second green revolution to meet the growing food security needs of the planet. Proponents…

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Story Maps: Harnessing the Power of Maps to Tell Your Story

Of the many exciting features and updates associated with Cadasta’s new partnership with Esri, Story Maps stands out. Story Maps is an Esri-supported application that lets you combine authoritative maps with narrative text, images, and multimedia content to create compelling, user-friendly web apps. The program makes it easy to harness the power of…

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