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this short paper will discuss where things currently stand with the implamentation of the innovative and widely regarded 1997 land law of Mozambique. A recent assessment begens with the upbeat conclusion that significant progress has been made. A decade after its approval by the assembly there are howver many voices calling for a changes. Mozambique is apparantly a very diferent place compared with a vary diferent place compared with the mid 1990s and according to same, now requires a diferrent kind of land law. the country is indeed quite diffent, it has consolidated its transition to a market economy built upon macro economic reforms that have been pursued with determition by sucessive governments. four succeful multiparty elections have been pursued with determination of stability wich is essectial to attract new investiment. economic growth from 1996-2006 rougtly the period of land law implamentation to date has consequently avaraged 8%. and while opinions differ over the real impact of this on poverty indicatores there can be doubt that gowth has a huge impact on the demand for land natural resources.
