Which human rights are the most important? Ask this question in a developed economy and you will likely hear: the right to freedom of speech, religious freedom, or the right to freedom from discrimination and so on. Rarely, if ever, will this list include land and property rights — even though this right is the foundation of the…

Cadasta Foundation, a nonprofit founded in 2015 to expedite the documentation of land rights through innovative technological solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of three new board members: Christopher Vincent, Tim Hanstad, and Jagdeesh Rao Puppala.   Christopher, Tim, and Jagdeesh come to the Cadasta board with substantial experience working in land issues around…

The vast majority of the world’s poorest citizens do not have documented rights to the land they rely on or the home they live in. Indeed, the rights to an estimated 70 percent of the land in emerging economies remain undocumented, according to the World Bank. Even where land rights are documented, women are…

The Future of Property Rights initiative believes that property rights matter and that technology can play a critical role in helping countries accelerate the pace of property rights formalization while simultaneously reducing costs. We analyze multiple technologies, looking at the tools that are currently in use, the established technologies that could replace them, and the emerging technologies we believe…

There is a lot of data out there, but which data do users need to solve their issues? How can we, as an external body, know which data is vital so we can measure it?  Moreover, what to do when data is published in so many levels – local, regional and federal that it is…

Cadasta has been included in fhi360 ’s Inventory of Digital Tech for Resilience in Asia-Pacific . The inventory contains more than 100 entries of technologies that are being used to enhance the resilience of individuals, families, communities, businesses, and/or governments. Cadasta was selected for its innovative use of technology to document the…

Cadasta Foundation has been accepted as a member of the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), an alliance of global, regional, and national organizations working to create the foundation for sustainable development through land reform, improved land management, and strengthening land tenure for women, men, and communities. Given the pivotal role that the GLTN plays in working…

XYHT Magazine, a monthly magazine for professional land surveyors focused on issues related to land surveying, featured an article on Cadasta Foundation in its April 2017 issue. The article, which includes interviews with Cadasta staff and partners, explains how Cadasta works around the globe to expedite the documentation of land rights. The piece explains Cadasta’s…

Cadasta, which was founded two years ago to expedite the documentation of land rights around the world, is launching a search for a new CEO. The news comes as Noel Taylor, a co-founder and a veteran international development expert with 20 years of experience in the land rights sector, gave notice to the board that…

In advanced industrial countries we take much infrastructure for granted, such as cadastres with plots mapped at survey grade. In many countries, however, more than 70% of the land is outside the land register. Most people among the world’s poor do not have any official record at all of their land rights. This facilitates mass encroachments…