"Securing land rights for the world?s poorest people"... MISSION: "Landesa works to secure land rights for the world?s poorest people? those 2.47 billion* chiefly rural people who live on less than two dollars a day. Landesa partners with developing country governments to design and implement laws, policies, and programs concerning land that provide opportunity, further economic growth, and promote social justice... VISION: We envision a world free of poverty. We see a future in which all who depend on land for their well-being have secure land rights ? one of the most basic, powerful resources for lifting oneself and one?s family out of poverty... WHY LAND RIGHTS MATTER: Three-quarters of the world?s poorest people live in rural areas where land is a key asset. Of those people, more than a billion lack legal rights over the land they use to survive, causing entrenched poverty cycles to persist over generations. Efforts to help one landless family at a time are important. But Landesa works to advance durable land rights to bring transformational changes on a large scale. Secure land rights help create stable foundation for other important development work ? like literacy, clean water, and nutrition ? to take hold for generations..."