Library Resource
Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 1998
Ethiopia, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Africa
A major argument put forward in favour of individualised land rights in sub-Saharan Africa is that farmlands held under exclusive and secure rights are more productive than farmlands held under other public or customary forms of tenure. If true, this argument implies that reforms to individualise land improve production efficiency and relegate efforts to develop technologies to a secondary position.