The main objective of the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) is to contribute to poverty alleviation and the Millennium Development Goals through land reform, improved land management and security of tenure. The Network came into being in 2006 at the request of member States of the United Nations and local communities world-wide. Their approaches inspired UN-HABITAT to set it up in cooperation with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the World Bank. Read more...