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Library Collaboration on formal land policies: the missing link for West African land tenure systems?

Collaboration on formal land policies: the missing link for West African land tenure systems?

Collaboration on formal land policies: the missing link for West African land tenure systems?

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Date of publication
June 2011
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ISBN / Resource ID
mokoro:5887

Most francophone African states nationalised the colonial land tenure systems they inherited at Independence and then periodically adjusted them according to the situation in each country. Their citizens have yet to enjoy secure land rights, and there is still a yawning gap between the law and actual practice at both the lowest and highest levels. Argues that the challenge of securing tenure can only be met successfully by adopting clear and consensual land policies; and that the policy frameworks guiding public action on land need to be negotiated with the various stakeholders concerned and written into official land policy documents.

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Authors and Publishers

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s)

Hubert Ouedraogo
Vincent Basserie

Geographical focus