At the beginning of this course, governance in theory is introduced and different initiatives and tools promoting good governance are elaborated. There is a strong relationship between Land, Poverty and Governance. Subsequently, the characteristics of Good Land Governance are going to be introduced and relevant examples are going to be presented and explored. Comparative method is going to distinct effects from Good and Weak Land Governance. Specific attention in this course is put on the principles of good land governance; how were those principles developing through the last decades and their evaluation and assessment. International initiatives from FAO (Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure - VGGT) and World Bank (Land Governance Assessment Framework – LGAF) are addressed from theoretical side and with practice implementation examples. Exercises and assignments with case studies from Africa, Asia and South-East Asia are going to enrich the theoretical framework of Land Governance course.