Land Policy Governance And Sustainable Development In Nigeria

Author : Kojo Sebastian Amanor,Sam Moyo
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781848137196

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Land and Sustainable Development in Africa by Kojo Sebastian Amanor,Sam Moyo Pdf

This book links contemporary debates on land reform with wider discourses on sustainable development within Africa. Featuring chapters and in-depth case studies on South Africa and Zimbabwe, Malawi, Kenya, Botswana and West Africa, it traces the development of ideas about sustainable development and addresses a new agenda based on social justice. The authors critically examine contemporary neoliberal market-led reforms and the legacy of colonialism on the land question. They argue that debates on sustainable development should be placed in the context of structural interests, access and equity, rather than technical management of land and resources. Additionally, they show that these structural factors cannot be transformed by institutional reform based on notions of elective democracy, community participation, and market-reform, but require a far more radical programme to redress the injustices of the colonial system that continue today. The book advocates a commitment to building sustainable livelihoods for farmers, calling for a redistribution of land and natural resources to challenge existing economic relations and frameworks for development.

Author : Mandivamba Rukuni
Publisher : World Resources Inst
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1569734151

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Land Tenure, Governance and Prospects for Sustainable Development in Africa by Mandivamba Rukuni Pdf

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264268609

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The Governance of Land Use in OECD Countries Policy Analysis and Recommendations by OECD Pdf

Land use has important consequences for the environment, public health, economic productivity, inequality and social segregation. Land use policies are often complex and require co-ordination across all levels of government as well as across policy sectors. Not surprisingly, land use decisions ...

Author : I. P. Williamson,Stig Enemark,Jude Wallace,Abbas Rajabifard
Publisher : ESRI Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Land use
ISBN : 1589480414

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Land Administration for Sustainable Development by I. P. Williamson,Stig Enemark,Jude Wallace,Abbas Rajabifard Pdf

Through its presentation of a holistic view of land management for sustainable development, this text outlines basic principles of land administration applicable to all countries and their divergent needs.

Author : Muhammad Bashar Nuhu,Shien Stephen Kuma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 978569030X

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Land Policy Governance and Sustainable Development in Nigeria by Muhammad Bashar Nuhu,Shien Stephen Kuma Pdf

Author : Frank F. K. Byamugisha
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780821398104

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Securing Africa's Land for Shared Prosperity by Frank F. K. Byamugisha Pdf

This is the first book on land administration and reform in Sub-Saharan Africa, and is highly relevant to all developing countries around the world. It provides simple practical steps to turn the hugely controversial subject of "land grabs� into a development opportunity by improving land governance to reduce the risks of dispossessing poor landholders while ensuring mutually beneficial investors’ deals. The book shows how Sub Saharan Africa can leverage its abundant and highly valuable natural resources to eradicate poverty by improving land governance through a ten point program to scale up policy reforms and investments at a cost of USD 4.5 billion. The book points out formidable challenges to implementation including high vulnerability to land grabbing and expropriation with poor compensation as about 90 percent of rural lands in Sub Saharan Africa are undocumented, but also timely opportunities since high commodity prices and investor interest in large scale agriculture have increased land values and returns to investing in land administration. It argues that success in implementation will require participation of many players including Pan-African organizations, Sub Saharan Africa governments, the private sector, civil society and development partners; but that ultimate success will depend on the political will of Sub Saharan Africa governments to move forward with comprehensive policy reforms and on concerted support by the international development community. Its rigorous analysis of land governance issues, yet down-to-earth solutions, are a reflection of Byamugisha's more than 20 years of global experience in land reform and administration especially in Asia and Africa. This volume will be of great interest to and relevant for a wide audience interested in African development, global studies in land, and natural resource management.

Author : Steven Lawry,Rebecca McLain,Margaret Rugadya,Gina Alvarado,Tasha Heidenrich
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000907780

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Land Tenure Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa by Steven Lawry,Rebecca McLain,Margaret Rugadya,Gina Alvarado,Tasha Heidenrich Pdf

This book examines the impacts of land tenure reform interventions implemented in Benin, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe. Since 2000, many African countries have introduced programs aimed at providing smallholder farmers with low-cost certificates for land held under customary tenure. Yet there are many contending views and debates on the impact of these land policies and this book reveals how tenure security, agricultural productivity, and social inclusion were affected by the interventions. It analyses the results of carefully selected, authoritative studies on interventions in Benin, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe and applies a realist synthesis methodology to explore the socio-political and economic contexts. Drawing on these results, the book argues that inadequate attention paid to the core characteristics of rural social systems obscures the benefits of customary tenure while overlooking the scope for reforms to reduce the gaps in social status among members of customary communities. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of land management and use, land and property law, tenure security, agrarian studies, political economy, and sustainable development. It will also appeal to development professionals and policymakers involved in land governance and land policy in Africa. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : Desmond McNeill,Ingrid Nesheim,Floor Brouwer
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781781002476

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Land Use Policies for Sustainable Development by Desmond McNeill,Ingrid Nesheim,Floor Brouwer Pdf

The urgent need to enhance sustainable development in developing countries has never been greater: poverty levels are growing, land conversions are uncontrolled, and there is rapid loss of biodiversity through land use change. This timely book highlights the need for integrated assessment tools for developing countries, considering the long-term impacts of decisions taken today. The success of land use policies has in the past often been hampered by the fact that we simply do not know enough about their impact on sustainable development across developing countries. This book contributes to bridging this knowledge gap whilst facilitating the successful design and implementation of land use policies. The challenge of land use changes in response to changes in the policy environment – macro policy, agricultural and forest policy, environmental policy – is explored with a focus on the South. Detailed case studies encompassing seven countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America are presented via a common framework of analysis. In each case, sustainable development concerns are identified from environmental, economic and social perspectives. The interrelated causes of these problems are analysed by identifying key drivers and relevant land use policies, and the potential impact of prioritized land use policies are then discussed. This important book will prove invaluable to academics, researchers, postgraduate students and policy makers concerned with land-use planning, sustainable development and environmental studies.

Author : Adeoye O. Akinola,Henry Wissink
Publisher : Springer
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319787015

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Trajectory of Land Reform in Post-Colonial African States by Adeoye O. Akinola,Henry Wissink Pdf

This book is an examination of post-colonial land reforms across various African states. One of the decisive contradictions of colonialism in Africa was the distortion of use, access to and ownership of land. Land related issues and the need for land reform have consistently occupied a unique position in public discourse in Africa. The post-colonial African states have had to embark on concerted efforts at redressing historical grounded land policies and addressing the growing needs of land by the poor. However, agitations for land continue, while evidence of policy gaps abound. In many cases, policy change in terms of land use, distribution and ownership has reinforced inequalities and affected power and social relations in respective post-colonial African countries. Land has assumed major causes of structural violence and impediments to human and rural development in Africa; hence the need for holistic assessment of land reforms in post-colonial African states. The central objective of the text is to identify post-independence and current trends in land reform and to address the grievances in relation to land use, ownership and distribution. The book suggests practicable policy options towards addressing the land hunger and conflict, which could derail the ‘moderate’ socio-economic achievements and political stability recorded by post-colonial African nation-states. The book draws its strength and uniqueness from its adoption of country-specific case studies, which places the book in context, and utilizes field studies methodology which generate new knowledge on the continental land question. Taking a holistic approach to understanding Africa’s land question, this book will be attractive to academicians and students interested in policy and development, African politics, post-colonial development and policy, and conflict studies as well as policy-makers working in relevant areas.

Author : Okechukwu Ukaga,Ukoha Ukiwo,Ibaba Samuel Ibaba
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415806916

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Natural Resources, Conflict, and Sustainable Development by Okechukwu Ukaga,Ukoha Ukiwo,Ibaba Samuel Ibaba Pdf

The Niger Delta Region has in the past two decades experienced protracted violent conflicts. At the roots of these violent conflicts are the genuine quests of the people for sustainable development that is based on social justice, equity, fairness and environmental protection. Although richly endowed, the region is hopelessly poor. This paradox of poverty in the midst of plenty has been attributed to a myriad of factors ranging from Nigeria's centralized federalism, to ethno-regional domination, corruption, poor governance, and oil-related environmental degradation. Development in the Niger Delta is vital not only to the stability and prosperity of Nigeria, but also to global energy security. This book provides unique insights into the challenges of development and peace building in the Niger Delta, and insights into other resource-rich but poverty-stricken, conflict-prone regions of the world.

Author : Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya
Publisher : Dundee University Press Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Sustainable development
ISBN : 1845861426

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Governance Towards Sustainable Development in Nigeria by Edward T. Bristol-Alagbariya Pdf

Author : Resnick, Danielle,Okumo, Austen
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Institutional limits to land governance reform by Resnick, Danielle,Okumo, Austen Pdf

Over the last decade, land governance has become a major priority for the development community.1 A particular focus has been on sub-Saharan Africa due to the recognized paradox of high levels of land availability and low productivity in the region (see Deininger et al. 2012). While poor land governance systems have long been identified as a key reason for this disjuncture, the relatively recent large-scale impetus to improve land governance emerged from the inclusion of land management in 2009 as one of the four pillars under the African Union’s Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Develop-ment Program (CAADP). Subsequently, in the wake of the G-8’s launch of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutri-tion in 2012, many international initiatives have emerged to promote better land governance. These include the African Union’s Land Policy Initiative (AULPI) and the World Bank’s Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF). At the national level in Africa, land registration and land titling are the most common approaches to reform (Sikor and Müller 2009), with governments selecting among a broad spectrum of modalities to pilot. These include rural land use plans in some francophone countries (e.g., Benin, Burkina Faso, and Côte d’Ivoire), systematic land tenure regularization (Ethio-pia, Madagascar, Rwanda), and communal land demarcation and registration (e.g., Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania) (see Byamugisha 2013).

Author : Klaus Deininger,Harris Selod,Anthony Burns
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780821387580

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The Land Governance Assessment Framework by Klaus Deininger,Harris Selod,Anthony Burns Pdf

Increased global demand for land posits the need for well-designed country-level land policies to protect long-held rights, facilitate land access and address any constraints that land policy may pose for broader growth. While the implementation of land reforms can be a lengthy process, the need to swiftly identify key land policy challenges and devise responses that allow the monitoring of progress, in a way that minimizes conflicts and supports broader development goals, is clear. The Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF) makes a substantive contribution to the land sector by providing a quick and innovative tool to monitor land governance at the country level. The LGAF offers a comprehensive diagnostic tool that covers five main areas for policy intervention: Legal and institutional framework; Land use planning, management and taxation; Management of public land; Public provision of land information; and Dispute resolution and conflict management. The LGAF assesses these areas through a set of detailed indicators that are rated on a scale of pre-coded statements (from lack of good governance to good practice). While land governance can be highly technical in nature and tends to be addressed in a partial and sporadic manner, the LGAF posits a tool for a comprehensive assessment, taking into account the broad range of issues that land governance encompasses, while enabling those unfamiliar with land to grasp its full complexity. The LGAF will make it possible for policymakers to make sense of the technical levels of the land sector, benchmark governance, identify areas that require further attention and monitor progress. It is intended to assist countries in prioritizing reforms in the land sector by providing a holistic diagnostic review that can inform policy dialogue in a clear and targeted manner. In addition to presenting the LGAF tool, this book includes detailed case studies on its implementation in five selected countries: Peru, the Kyrgyz Republic, Ethiopia, Indonesia and Tanzania.

Author : Horman Chitonge,Ross Harvey
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030828523

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Land Tenure Challenges in Africa by Horman Chitonge,Ross Harvey Pdf

This book provides a significant contribution to the literature on land reform in various African contexts. While the economic evidence is clear that secure property rights are a necessary condition for catalysing broad-based economic development, the governance process by which those rights are secured is less clear. This book details the historical complexity of land rights and the importance of understanding this history in the process of trying to improve tenure security. Through a combination of single country case studies, comparative case studies and regional comparisons, the book is unequivocal that good governance is paramount for improving the performance of land reform programmes. All attempts at moving towards more formal secure tenure require congruence with informal norms, beliefs and values, and a set of clear systems and processes to avoid corruption and unintended negative consequences.

Author : Susan Carr,David Humphreys,Alan Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781135117023

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Environmental Policies and NGO Influence by Susan Carr,David Humphreys,Alan Thomas Pdf

This book examines the conditions under which non-governmental organisations (NGOs) may exert influence on policies to conserve and sustainably use natural resources in sub-Saharan Africa. The book is unique in bringing together NGO campaigners in three African countries with academics specialising in development studies, systems and environmental policy.