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Land reform and its impact on livelihoods: evidence from eight land reform groups in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa
Farm Africa, 2005One of the key objectives of the South African land reform programme is to provide poor people with an additional asset that they could use to develop strategies to escape from poverty.DocumentInformal land delivery processes in African cities
International Development Department, University of Birmingham, 2005Informal systems for land delivery, which have in many cases evolved from earlier customary practices, still account for over half the land supplied for housing in African cities and are a particularly important channel for the poor.DocumentLand reform, agriculture and poverty reduction
Department for International Development, UK, 2004Most land-based livelihoods rely on having secure access to land, a precondition for sustainable agriculture, economic growth and poverty reduction. This working paper examines the state of knowledge with regard to aspects of land reform- redistributive reform, land tenure reform, and the issue of land markets.DocumentHuman rights, formalisation and women’s land rights in southern and eastern Africa
Institute of Women's Law, University of Oslo, 2005Land is a vital resource for rural livelihoods. Establishing and clarifying land rights through formalisation has become a key issue in development policies that aim to promote more productive uses of land. This report sets out a human rights-based approach (HRBA) for gender-equal and non-discriminatory land reform.DocumentLand reform in South Africa:a 21st century perspective
Centre for Development and Enterprise, South Africa, 2005This document investigates the concept of land reform in South Africa and argues that there is a need to redefine 'land reform' to take account of the realities of an urbanising, modernising, economy. It analyses recent political developments on land issues and sheds light on the current process of land reform as well as agro-climatic, economic, budgetary constraints that impinge on the process.DocumentLand tenure systems and their impacts on food security and sustainable development in Africa
UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2004Recent food security crises in Africa have revived the debate on whether current land tenure systems constrain farmer innovation and investment in agriculture. Both direct and indirect linkages between land tenure and food security have been suggested. This study aims for a better understanding of these linkages.DocumentInvestment in land, tenure security and area farmed in northern Mozambique
Households in Conflict Network, 2003The analysis of land investment and tenure security usually assumes land scarcity. However, some developing countries have communities with land abundance. This article therefore examines the effects of land abundance for investment and tenure security. The author finds that in contrast to the literature, area farmed is a determinant of investment and tenure security.DocumentWho should own Indonesia’s forests? Exploring the links between economic incentives, property rights and sustainable forest management
Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia, 2004Indonesia’s forests have been disappearing rapidly since the 1980s: 1.8 million hectares per year are estimated to have been deforested between 1985 and 1997.DocumentLessons from the land reform movement in West Bengal, India
Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 2004The Indian state of West-Bengal saw two major turnarounds in its rural sector in the eighties.