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Améliorer le système d'expropriation et de compensation dans un contexte de pluralisme juridique: Leçons du Camerou

Vol 3, No 1: March 2020, Special Issue 2 on Land Policy in Africa

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2020
Africa
Land Conflicts
expropriation
compensation
dispossession
Cameroon is currently witnessing an unprecedented wave of land-based investments, ranging from natural resources exploitation (oil, mining and gas), logging, large infrastructure building, etc. These developments happen in a context of population growth, in an increase in the domestic demand for land. There is a gap between the legislation governing expropriation and compensation in the country, and the variety of customary rules on land and resources. This context of legal pluralism results into endless conflicts opposing communities and the investors, including the State.
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Assessing Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure: A Toolkit Approach: Lessons generated from ActionAid’s work with governments and communities

Vol 2, No 1: March 2019, Special Issue on Women&Land

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2019
Africa
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
conflicts
land
government
The livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people, particularly the rural poor, are based on secure and equitable access to and control over land and natural resources which are in turn the source of food and shelter, the basis for social, cultural and religious practices, and a central factor in economic growth.
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Compulsory Land Acquisition and Good Governance: An Assessment of the Luguruni Satellite Town Project in Dar es Salaam Tanzania

Vol 1, No 3: December 2018

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2018
Africa
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
land
compulsory acquisitions
assessment
Despite a comprehensive regulatory framework on land matters, compulsory land acquisition in Tanzania has been associated with complaints and delays in compensation payments an indication that good governance principles might not be under serious consideration.
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Decoding Gender Justice in Land Conflicts Resolution in Rwanda

Vol 1, No 1: May 2018

Peer-reviewed publication
May, 2018
Rwanda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
conflicts
land rights
land conflicts
women
Rwanda has implemented a land tenure regularization program since 2008 that enabled the adjudication and registration of land rights for both men and women. However, Rwandan women are vulnerable to land conflicts because some men do not recognize or respect women’s rights in land. This study investigates the extent to which government institutions in Rwanda empower women in claiming and defending their land rights. Data sources include questionnaire survey, interviews, and the review of literature on land reform in Rwanda.
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Dualisme Du Système Foncier En République Démocratique Du Congo Pratiques Déviantes Et Source Des Conflits

Vol 3: Special Issue 3, 2020

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2020
Africa
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
conflicts
land
De nos jours, lorsque l’on parle de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), on entend souvent parler du problème démocratique ainsi que des conflits meurtriers qui ont lieu dans certaines régions notamment du Kasaï ou des Kivus. Les journaux expliquent souvent ces violences en faisant référence à des conflits ethniques et fonciers qui constituent le quotidien des congolais depuis des dizaines d’années.
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Geo-governance of peri-urban land conflicts in Yamoussoukro (Côte d'Ivoire)

Vol 3, No 2: May 2020

Peer-reviewed publication
May, 2020
Côte d'Ivoire
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
Urban Tenure
urban land
conflicts
land conflicts
This article aims to help the governance of peri-urban land conflicts from an approach focused on the control of urban sprawl, which is the paramount characteristic of Yamoussoukro, the political Capital City of Côte d'Ivoire. The study starts with a prospective approach to this phenomenon to identify prospects for a sustainable conflict resolution. It therefore comes within the framework of the quest for a spatial cohesion to lead to social cohesion that is today undermined by a rampant urbanization.
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Housing Development, Local Land Conflicts and Sustainable Land-use Planning in Peri-urban Ghana

Vol 4, No 1: January 2021

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2021
Ghana
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
development
land-use planning
conflicts
land
land conflicts
This paper examines the various ways local land conflicts affect sustainable land-use planning in peri-urban Ghana. In recent years, rapid urbanisation has resulted a high demand for customary lands for housing development in peri-urban areas in Ghana. Customary lands are continuously converted into housing uses; leading to eviction of indigenes from their farmlands. A mixed method approach was used to collect data from 40 participants from the research site, Aburaso.
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Implications of Compulsory Land Acquisition on Socio-Economic Conditions of Project Affected People. The Case of Kipawa Airport Expansion Project in Dar es Salaam City, Tanzania

Vol 3, No 3: September 2020

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2020
Tanzania
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
compulsory acquisitions
Compulsory land acquisition tool facilitates obtaining of land for provision of infrastructures and development projects. Its successful implementation requires adoption of good governance merits such as participation, transparency, rule of law and accountability for better livelihood rebuilding of project affected people.
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Integration of Geospatial data of UAVs in Cadastral Management System and Regularization of Illegal Occupations in Informal Settlements

Vol 4, No 1: January 2021

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2021
Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land Conflicts
Urban Tenure
cadastres
regularization of illegal occupation
informal settlements
occupation
illegal occupation
tenure insecurity
Abstract: To avoid illegal occupation of people in areas where construction is forbidden and the development of informal settlements, municipal authorities must anticipate city planning. The implementation of layouts and cadastral plans, plays a broad range of uses in: taxation, land development, land registration, urban planning and design of infrastructure necessary to improve the living conditions of the population. This paper aims to demonstrate that, the integration of images of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is an alternative solution to the production of cadastral maps.
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Land Dispute and Resolution Process Among the Youth Under the Customary System in the Techiman Traditional Area of Ghana

Vol 3, No 1: January 2020, Special Issue 1 on Land Policy in Africa

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2020
Ghana
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
land
land dispute
land dispute resolution
youth
Securing land rights of all including the youth to allow for investment is very imperative. This is because access to land is very fundamental to ending extreme poverty especially in the Sub-Saharan Africa where agriculture remains the economic backbone of majority of households. To this end, access to fair and timeous land disputes resolution mechanism to adjudicate and resolve disputes which create tenure insecurity is critical. This study investigates land dispute cases and the resolution mechanisms among the youth land holders in the Techiman area of Ghana.