Structural adjustment and natural resources in sub‐Saharan Africa: The role of tenure reform
In: Society and natural resources, Band 7, Heft 4, S. 383-387
ISSN: 1521-0723
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In: Society and natural resources, Band 7, Heft 4, S. 383-387
ISSN: 1521-0723
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 102, S. 213-227
In: Land use policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use, Band 104, S. 103748
ISSN: 0264-8377
In: 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.
In: Journal of development effectiveness, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 61-81
ISSN: 1943-9407
World Affairs Online
In: Journal of development effectiveness, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 61-81
ISSN: 1943-9407
We are living in a time of crisis on planet Earth. Urgent calls for transformational change are getting louder. Technical solutions have an important role to play in addressing pressing global challenges, but alone they are not enough. After all, who decides what kind of transformation is needed, of what, and for whom? What principles guide those decisions, and how are decision-makers held accountable? This commentary article argues that these governance questions are central in any solution, in order to simultaneously address the planetary crises of forest and biodiversity loss and degradation and growing inequality. To this end, we examine governance in forests and around trees, in landscapes and on farms, through the lens of power and social justice. For applied research aimed at actionable solutions to these global problems, we propose a governance research agenda for the next decade that is both transformative and just.
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