Land Tenure Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa

Interventions in Benin, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-43084-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 126 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 302 g

Reihe: Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability

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.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lawry, Steven

McLain, Rebecca

Rugadya, Margaret

Alvarado, Gina

Heidenrich, Tasha

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Ökotrophologie (Ernährungs- und Haushaltswissenschaften)
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Energierecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sachkultur, Materielle Kultur
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Sachenrecht Grundstücks- und Immobilienrecht, Immobiliarsachenrecht, Nachbarrecht
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften: Ernährung & Gesellschaft
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Contemporary interventions to reform African customary tenure Chapter 2. Characteristics of African customary tenure and program theories underlying tenure reforms in Benin, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe Chapter 3. Realist synthesis methodology: Understanding intervention outcomes in complex contexts Chapter 4. Benin’s Plan Foncier Rural Program (Rural Land Plan Program) Chapter 5. Ethiopia’s Land Certification Programs Chapter 6. Rwanda’s Land Tenure Regularization Program Chapter 7. Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform Program Chapter 8. Synthesis of findings Chapter 9. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Steven Lawry is a Senior Research Associate at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), where he formerly served as Principal Scientist and led the Research Program on Equity, Gender and Tenure.

Rebecca McLain is a Research Program Director at Portland State University, USA, and a Senior Research Associate at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).

Margaret Rugadya is the Africa Region Coordinator and Senior Program Officer at the Land and Forest Tenure Facility Fund in Stockholm, Sweden.

Gina Alvarado is a Senior Research and Evaluation Advisor at Landesa in the USA.

Tasha Heidenrich is an independent research and evaluation specialist.