Land Tenure Challenges In Africa

Author : Horman Chitonge,Ross Harvey
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 49,8 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 : Horman Chitonge,Ross Harvey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3030828530

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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 : Lorenzo Cotula,Camilla Toulmin,Ced Hesse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Land reform
ISBN : WISC:89076079516

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Land Tenure and Administration in Africa by Lorenzo Cotula,Camilla Toulmin,Ced Hesse Pdf

Author : Sam Moyo,Dzodzi Tsikata
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9782869786783

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Land in the Struggles for Citizenship in Africa by Sam Moyo,Dzodzi Tsikata Pdf

The variety of land questions facing Africa and the divergent strategies proposed to resolve them continue to evoke debates. Increasingly, in response to the enduring problems of land tenure, there are land movements of all shapes and orientations, some reformist and others quite revolutionary in their agenda. However revolutionary, land movements have tended to ignore the land tenure interests of women, pastoralists, youth and indigenous people. Several of these longstanding and emerging issues in land tenure include the role of the state in land tenure reforms; urban land questions, the nature of land struggles and improvements; and, the impact of land tenure developments on particular social groups and countries. An overarching concern is the extent to which land rights are being commodified, through the conversion of land held under customary tenure systems into marketised systems. The consequences of this include growing land concentration, land tenure insecurities, diminishing access to land by various sections of society, including the poor, women and less dominant ethno-religious groups. This volume brings together different studies on Africas land questions exploring emerging land issues on the continent in terms of the wider questions of development, citizenship, and democratisation. The chapters discuss the land question through a variety of themes. Some focus on the agrarian aspects of the land questions, while others elucidate the urban dimensions of the land question.

Author : J. Oloka-Onyango,Bridget Bwalya Umar
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781527514379

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Contemporary Customary Land Issues in Africa by J. Oloka-Onyango,Bridget Bwalya Umar Pdf

This book examines current trends in customary land issues in Africa, focusing on the practice of converting customary land into leasehold tenure, particularly in Zambia. Since the enactment of the 1995 Lands Act No. 29 in Zambia, conversion of customary land has become a controversial policy, raising questions about the future of customary land and rural communities, and the role of traditional authorities in a changing environment. Alienating customary land into leasehold tenure has serious implications for local and national politics and gender dynamics. Analysis of these trends suggests that the policy of creating land markets on customary land is subjecting customary systems to the forces of change. However, governments that have adopted this policy have not, by and large, adopted measures to respond to these challenges. Although customary tenure is widely believed to be resilient, it is not clear how the customary system will navigate the current winds of change. Chapters in this book draw from the Land Use and Rural Livelihoods in Africa Project (LURLAP), a collaborative research project undertaken by staff and students at the University of Cape Town and the University of Zambia.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780821364413

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Consensus, Confusion, and Controversy by Anonim Pdf

Land reform can be divided broadly into land tenure reform (the establishment of secure and formalized property rights in land) and land redistribution (the transfer of land from large to small farmers). This paper therefore is in two parts. The first part focuses on property rights, giving a short narrative of some of the key land tenure and land policy issues. Though these issues remain politically sensitive, a solid consensus is emerging on how to deal with them--but only once the confusion is cleared up surrounding private common property and formal and informal rights. The second part addr.

Author : Doctor Ambreena Manji
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781848137530

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The Politics of Land Reform in Africa by Doctor Ambreena Manji Pdf

Across Africa land is being commodified: private ownership is replacing communal and customary tenure; Farms are turned into collateral for rural credit markets. Law reform is at the heart of this revolution. The Politics of Land Reform in Africa casts a critical spotlight on this profound change in African land economy. The book illuminates the key role of legislators, legal consultants and academics in tenure reform. These players exert their influence by translating the economic and regulatory interests of the World Bank, civil society groups and commercial lenders in to questions of law. Drawing on political economy and actor-network theory The Politics of Land Reform in Africa is an indispensable contribution to the study of agrarian change in developing countries.

Author : Frank Byamugisha
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464801884

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Agricultural Land Redistribution and Land Administration in Sub-Saharan Africa by Frank Byamugisha Pdf

Agricultural Land Redistribution and Land Administration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Studies of Recent Reforms focuses on “how” to undertake land reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa, but with relevant lessons for other developing countries. It provides details, with case studies, on how reforms were undertaken to address a pressing and controversial development challenge in Africa – land ownership inequality – and an intransigent development issue – inefficiency and corruption in land administration. An equally important contribution of the book is assessing reforms and highlighting valuable lessons for other countries contemplating reforms. The six case studies collectively cover two main areas of land governance: reforms in redistributing agricultural land and reforms in land administration. The first two case studies discuss reforms in redistributing agricultural land in Malawi and South Africa, part of the southern Africa region where land ownership inequalities rival those in Latin America. The remaining case studies, four in number, are focused on addressing corruption and inefficiency in land administration in a variety of contexts of governance including stable and post-conflict countries. The case studies cover: • Decentralizing land administration with demonstrations from Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Ghana; • Developing post-conflict land administration systems with examples from Liberia and Rwanda; • Re-engineering and computerizing land information systems with examples from Ghana and Uganda; and • Improving management of government land through land inventories with examples drawn from Ghana and Uganda. The common elements between sometimes disparate experiences provide lessons of relevance to African and other developing countries contemplating similar reforms. The rigorous analysis and yet down-to-earth lessons of experience are a reflection of the authors’ deep global experience underpinned by personal participation in the reforms covered by the book. This volume will be of interest to a wide audience including land specialists and practitioners, African policy makers, experts and managers in the international development community, and the academia.

Author : Walter Timo de Vries,John Tiah Bugri,Fatima Mandhu
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000072471

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Responsible and Smart Land Management Interventions by Walter Timo de Vries,John Tiah Bugri,Fatima Mandhu Pdf

This book showcases new empirical findings on the conceptualization, design, and evaluation of land management interventions and addresses two crucial aspects: how and under which conditions such interventions are responsible, and how such interventions can be supported by smart technologies. Responsible and Smart Land Management Interventions is for all types of actors in land management. Although primarily based on cases from Africa, it addresses land management issues from practical and theoretical perspectives relevant for land managers worldwide. It brings the discourse up to date and helps all practitioners designing new policies and those looking for new instruments to do so. Aimed at land academics, including students, teachers, and researchers, as well as practitioners, including those working within international organizations, donor organizations, NGOs, and land independent consultants, this book Delivers innovative methodologies for land management for professionals involved in land administration projects Explores land management from a geodetic and spatial planning perspective Includes real cases, empirical data, and analysis in contemporary and alternative land management developments in Africa Addresses important land issues which contribute to national development and achieving United Nations' SDGs Discusses contemporary research findings related to societal needs in land administration which are equally valid for non-African contexts Acts as a new teaching resource for land management and land administration courses, and land-related disciplines in geodesy, human geography, development studies, and environmental planning

Author : John W. Bruce
Publisher : University of Wisconsin-Madison, Land Tenure Center
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89063237663

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Country Profiles of Land Tenure by John W. Bruce Pdf

Author : United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Food supply
ISBN : UOM:39015069326257

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Land Tenure Systems and Their Impacts on Food Security and Sustainable Development in Africa by United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa Pdf

Both direct and indirect linkages between land tenure and food security have been suggested. This study aims for a better understanding of these linkages. Specifically it aims: to improve the current understanding of the linkages between land tenure systems, food security and sustainable natural resource management in Africa; to assess the current land tenure policy reforms in selected African countries; to draw lessons based on best practices as well as failures of ongoing and past policies; to make policy recommendations to assist States in addressing issues of land reform implementation and hence improve their food security situation and the stewardship of natural resources.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : IIED
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Land tenure
ISBN : 9781899825318

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Land Tenure and Resource Access in West Africa by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jean-Pierre Chauveau
Publisher : IIED
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Customary law
ISBN : 9781843696575

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Changes in Customary Land Tenure Systems in Africa by Jean-Pierre Chauveau Pdf

Author : University of Wisconsin--Madison. Land Tenure Center. Library,Teresa J. Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Africa
ISBN : UCAL:B4152407

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Land Tenure and Agrarian Reform in Africa and the Near East by University of Wisconsin--Madison. Land Tenure Center. Library,Teresa J. Anderson Pdf

Annotated bibliography on land tenure and agrarian reform in Africa and the Middle East.

Author : Dzodzi Tsikata,Pamela Golah
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9788189884727

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Land Tenure, Gender and Globalisation by Dzodzi Tsikata,Pamela Golah Pdf

Drawing from field research in Cameroon, Ghana, Vietnam, and the Amazon forests of Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru, this book explores the relationship between gender and land, revealing the workings of global capital and of people's responses to it. A central theme is the people's resistance to global forces, frequently through an insistence on the uniqueness of their livelihoods. For instance, in the Amazon, the focus is on the social movements that have emerged in the context of struggles over land rights concerning the extraction of Brazil nuts and babacu kernels in an increasingly globalised market. In Vietnam, the process of 'de-collectivising' rights to land is examined with a view to understand how gender and other social differences are reworked in a market economy. The book addresses a gap in the literature on land tenure and gender in developing countries. It raises new questions about the process of globalisation, particularly about who the actors are (local people, the state, NGOs, multinational companies) and the shifting relations amongst them. The book also challenges the very concepts of gender, land and globalization.