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Land Tenure Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa: Interventions in Benin, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe

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Title Land Tenure Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa: Interventions in Benin, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe
 
Creator Lawry, S.
McLain, R.
Rugadya, M.
Alvarado, G.
Heidenrich, T.
 
Subject land tenure
customary rights
indigenous people
 
Description Since 2000, many African countries have introduced programs aimed at providing smallholder farmers with low-cost certificates for land held un-der 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 interven-tions. It analyses the results of carefully selected, authoritative studies on in-terventions 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 manage-ment 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.
 
Date 2023-05-01
2023-07-12T07:35:45Z
2023-07-12T07:35:45Z
 
Type Book
 
Identifier Lawry, S., McLain, R., Rugadya, M., Alvarado, G., & Heidenrich, T. (2023). Land Tenure Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa: Interventions in Benin, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003365679
978-1-00336-567-9
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131113
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003365679
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher Routledge