Q: The LUI Che Woo Welfare Betterment Prize provides recognition from the private sector on the importance of land rights in development — how is this helping with wider communication and engagement on the issue, as well as funding for your work?

A: The LUI Che Woo Prize is a major endorsement of Landesa and of land rights as a means to improve the well-being of people around the world. Increasingly, people understand the role that land rights play in responding to our most persistent development challenges. This recognition brings new energy to our efforts to establish secure land rights as a global development priority.

Q: What is the diversity in land rights issues you are currently responding to?

A: Everyone wants peace and prosperity for their family, for their community, for their country and the globe. Our experience has shown that secure land rights are fundamental to realizing peace and prosperity for all. From improvements at the household level for food security, income, and the social and economic empowerment of women and girls, to the threat to peace and security posed by land conflicts, to environmental degradation and deforestation caused by insecure tenure, land rights — and the lack thereof — impact nearly every development challenge we face.

Read the full interview with Tim Hanstad on land rights by Lisa Cornish  article at Devex International Development