The Mozambican Land Campaign, 1997-99
The Land Campaign (Campanha Terra), which formally came to an end in November 1999, will re-emerge as a Land Forum. Describes the background to and results of the campaign and the activities in its first and second years, mentions how it was organised, and briefly outlines plans for the future.
Completing the Transition: Lithuania Nears the End of its Land Restitution and Reform Programme
Land reform has been a strong part of the overall re-structuring of the Lithuanian economy and it has contributed to the gains in living standard that have been achieved since 1994. Like the other former Soviet states, Lithuania suffered strong declines in agricultural and industrial production following independence.
Peasants' pursuit of outside alliances in the process of land reform a discussion of legal assistance programmes in Bangladesh and the Philippines
Réforme Agraire: Colonisation et coopératives agricoles 1999/1-2
The Village Land Act
An Act to provide for the management and administration of land in villages, and for related matters.
Land Reform: the Ugandan Experience
The Uganda Land Alliance was invited to the Kigali workshop to share Ugandan experiences with Rwandans. The paper covers the historical perspective to land reform in Uganda, land reform and salient features of the 1995 Constitution and the 1998 Land Act, and challenges and constraints to implementing the Land Act.
Learning Lessons from Land Reform in Africa
Paper draws lessons for Rwandan policy makers from land reform experiences in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Mozambique, West Africa, Malawi, Namibia, Botswana, and Zambia.
The Institutional Arrangements for Land Reform: the South African Case
The authors currently work for the tenure reform group within the South African Department of Land Affairs. Their paper provides an overview of South African land reform policy, its scope (redistribution, restitution, tenure reform), milestones in the institutional development of the Department of Land Affairs, and institutional issues that still have to be resolved.
AFRA 20 Years in the Land Rights Struggle 1979-1999
The book provides the history of land issues in South Africa.
Rural Livelihoods: Land Tenure and Common Property Resources Checklist
A checklist for gender-sensitive analysis of land tenure and common property resource systems, with sections on: gender roles, needs, incentives and benefits; project planning; livelihoods context; facilitating participation; and measuring impact.