Author: Horman Chitonge
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2022-01-01
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 3030828522
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: Camilla Toulmin
Publisher: IIED
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 5
ISBN-13: 1899825517
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John W. Bruce
Publisher: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Land Tenure Center
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 292
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Jean-Pierre Chauveau
Publisher: IIED
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 137
ISBN-13: 1843696576
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Liz Wily
Publisher: IIED
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9781843694960
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Great Britain. Colonial Office
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Published: 1956
Total Pages: 52
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: J. Oloka-Onyango
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2018-07-26
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 1527514374
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.