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Biblioteca Land Reform for Peace? Rwanda's 2005 Land Law in Context

Land Reform for Peace? Rwanda's 2005 Land Law in Context

Land Reform for Peace? Rwanda's 2005 Land Law in Context

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Date of publication
Dezembro 2006
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AGRIS:US201301101499
Pages
509-537

A decade ago, Rwanda embarked on a major land reform programme. The government envisaged a new land law, supported by a land policy, and claimed that the new tenure system would contribute to enhancing food production, social equity and the prevention of conflict. The Land Law was finally passed in the summer of 2005. The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has taken on significant responsibility for monitoring the reform programme. This article provides a contextualized reading of the new Law. It argues that its emphasis on the obligation to consolidate fragmented family plots and register them will exacerbate social tension, but that some of the potential for social strife may be reduced because the state will allow flexibility in how the Land Law is implemented.

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POTTIER, JOHAN

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