Gemma has worked on land conflict and land governance for over 25 years, in a variety of contexts. Her work borrows from development sociology, legal anthropology and conflictstudies. Her current research focusses on the everyday practices of claim making and the challenges of land governance in war-affected settings.
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Challenges in ‘pro-poor’ land registration: What lessons on crisis and resilience?
Over time, land registration has been associated with a diversity of desired outcomes, ranging from modernization and the promotion of sustainable agricultural production to protection of the livelihoods of small-scale producers notably women, peacebuilding or even nurturing good practices of local governance. In this session we have discussed, for a range of settings: How confident are we about the results of registration and formalization program? How have they been justified and have the ambitions been reached?