Because of changes in some underlying factors, land is increasingly becoming a source of conflicts in Africa. We estimate the determinants of land conflicts and their impacts on input application in Kenya by using a recent survey of 899 rural households. We find that widows are about 13 percent more likely to experience pending land conflicts when their parcels are registered under the names of their deceased husbands than when titles are registered under their names.
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosInformes e investigacionesDiciembre, 2005África, Kenya
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Market-based land reform in Zambia
Informes e investigacionesDiciembre, 2005ZambiaThis paper explores the politics of ‘customary’ land tenure, land reform, and traditional leaders in Zambia. In Zambia, as elsewhere in Southern Africa, the government at the behest of donors has implemented market-based tenure reform legislation. This legislation aims to improve the security of land tenure and to promote development through investment. The paper shows how complex, indeterminate, and contentious this tenure reform has been on the ground – particularly in relation to the 94 per cent of Zambian land that is held in ‘customary’ tenure.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesMarzo, 2005Sudáfrica
The Cape Winelands District Municipality has identified land reform as one of the key factors that can address empowerment and poverty eradication in its municipal area. Its role and the availability of resources for land reform in the District are not
clear and it is seeking the support of an agency to achieve the following objectives: -
Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesSeptiembre, 2005Sudáfrica
This report examines the ways in which a local municipality can assist small holder farmers in a semiarid region. It highlights the range of smallholder producers and proposes different strategies for their effective support.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesMarzo, 2005Mozambique
Esta ferramenta tem por objetivo delinear os passos necessários para conceder poderes às comunidades nas consultas locais, visando à identificação das pessoas que têm o direito de manejar os recursos naturais numa determinada área e o modo como tal manejo deve ser efetuado e monitorado.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de conferencias e informesNoviembre, 2005Mozambique
Post-war Mozambique confronted the challenge of reforming land policy and legislation
with an innovative land law that protects customary rights while promoting investment
and development. Most rural households have customarily acquired land rights, now
legally equivalent to an official State land use right. When necessary, they can be proven
by analysing local land management and production systems, resulting in large areas -
Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesMayo, 2005Mozambique
Moçambique é hoje um excelente exemplo para ilustrar a relação de reciprocidade entre desenvolvimento económico e o Direito. De facto, as dinâmicas económicas que se têm verificado no país, caracterizadas por sucessivas descobertas de recursos naturais, e que colocam o país numa posição de destaque sob ponto de vista económico, têm estado a contribuir para uma intensa actividade legislativa e normativa para responder aos desafios económicos que o presente e o futuro apresentam para o país.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de conferencias e informesDiciembre, 2005Tanzania, África austral
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Library ResourceDocumentos de conferencias e informesDiciembre, 2005Zimbabwe, África, África austral
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesDiciembre, 2005Sri Lanka, Asia sudoriental
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