Measuring global perceptions of land and property rights
Prindex collects robust data on perceptions of property rights to help to build a world where everyone feels secure in their right to their home. Find out more
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It’s time to recognise the land rights gender deficit
The plight of women has largely been ignored, not only by local officials and lawmakers, but also by the way in which data about land rights is understood and processed. Prindex can help change that, writes Diana Fletschner of Landesa
Blogs
How do you turn a slum into a suburb? Perhaps data holds a key
Bill Cobbett of Cities Alliance reflects on what Prindex could mean for the urban revolution
Press Release
Press release: 1 in 4 people worry about losing their home, new data confirms
1 in 4 people worry about losing their home, new data confirms. Here's our press release for our report covering the the first fifteen countries worth of data
Latest reports
Prindex Comparative Report, October 2018
This report presents results from the first wave of data collection in 15 countries, with 10 countries from Sub-Saharan Africa, four from Latin America and one - Thailand - From Southeast Asia.
Latest reports
15 Country Infographics
Wave 1 country infographics in one document. Countries include: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Ecuador, Honduras, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, Thailand, Zambia.
Latest reports
Building a secure future: perceptions of property rights in India (2016)
The idea behind this initial survey is simple: to find out if people in India are worried about their existing property rights or lack of them - whether women or men, owners or tenants, in cities or in villages.
Latest reports
2016 Testing of a New Survey Module on Perceptions of Land Tenure Security in Nine Countries
This new report in collaboration with Gallup presents results from the initial phase of survey testing in 2016. The study focuses on respondents' perceptions of the likelihood they could lose the right to live in their home and their possession (or lack thereof) of property documents that could help protect those rights.
Latest reports
Prindex Analytical Report 2017: Findings from 3-country test in Colombia, India and Tanzania
This report is based on a 3-country study in Colombia, India, and Tanzania. The primary aim of this study was to identify the best way to measure tenure security in advance of a full-scale roll-out of Prindex in 2018-2019. A secondary purpose was to validate prior test results by producing more precise estimates of tenure security through collection of larger samples drawn from an increased number of clusters.
