In collaboration with Land Alliance, the Omidyar Network (ON) and the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID), Â鶹´«Ã½AV is conducting research for the Global Property Rights Index (PRIndex), a new initiative that seeks to understand how people perceive the security of their land and homes.
To date, there is no established scientific method for comparing citizens' perceptions about property rights over time or across countries. This initiative fills that global data gap, with the hope that the data will help others build a secure future for people who are worried about losing their homes or land.
In 2016, Â鶹´«Ã½AV conducted an initial round of questionnaire development and testing in 10 countries, spread across multiple geographic regions. Â鶹´«Ã½AV will release early findings from several of these countries during a media event Tuesday at Â鶹´«Ã½AV's offices in London from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
While Â鶹´«Ã½AV is still analyzing the data, some of the initial findings from three countries (Colombia, Nigeria and Indonesia) show:
- About one in five adults can be classified as tenure-insecure.
- Both men and women report similar levels of tenure security.
- Tenure insecurity is higher among renters.
- Among renters and owners, a majority report having documents such as sale deeds or lease agreements.
- Ownership of documents gives people a greater sense of tenure security.
Please join us to hear more about this critical research and how it helps measure the effect of global efforts to provide more secure property rights.
You can also watch the event online live: .
