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Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration from Theory to Practice: Three Demonstrative Case Studies of Local Land Administration Initiatives in Africa

Land

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2021
Kenya, Namibia, Ghana
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Investments
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
tenure security
Land is a critical factor of production for improving the living conditions of people everywhere. The search for tools (or approaches or strategies or methods) for ensuring that land challenges are resolved in ways that quickly respond to local realities is what led to the development of the fit-for-purpose land administration. This article provides evidence that the fit-for-purpose land administration—as a land-based instrument for development—represents an unprecedented opportunity to provide tenure security in Africa.
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The Land Rights and Farm Investment Ghana: The Missing Link in the Operationalisation of Tenure Security

Reports & Research
January, 2013
Ghana
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land
land rights
tenure security
Land management reform has re-emerged as a priority for many African countries and strongly supported by so-called development partners. This time round, a more nuanced theme combining the classic goals of enhancing tenure security, improving investment and productivity of land with those of poverty reduction and equity in land access. Many continue to question the neo-classical premise which perceives customary systems to not provide the necessary security to promote agricultural investment and productivity due to the lack of clearly defined private and enforceable property rights.
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Equator Initiative Case Studies. Ghana. Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary (WCHS) (English)

Local sustainable development solutions for people, nature, and resilient communities

Reports & Research
December, 2008
Ghana
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land rights
land tenure
tenure security
Local and indigenous communities across the world are advancing innovative sustainable development solutions that work for people and for nature. Few publications or case studies tell the full story of how such initiatives evolve, the breadth of their impacts, or how they change over time. Fewer still have undertaken to tell these stories with community practitioners themselves guiding the narrative. The Equator Initiative aims to fill that gap.
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Equator Initiative Case Studies. Ghana. Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary (WCHS) (French)

Local sustainable development solutions for people, nature, and resilient communities

Reports & Research
December, 2008
Ghana
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land rights
land tenure
tenure security
Local and indigenous communities across the world are advancing innovative sustainable development solutions that work for people and for nature. Few publications or case studies tell the full story of how such initiatives evolve, the breadth of their impacts, or how they change over time. Fewer still have undertaken to tell these stories with community practitioners themselves guiding the narrative. The Equator Initiative aims to fill that gap.
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In the land of the chiefs : customary law, land conflicts, and the role of the state in Peri-Urban Ghana

Reports & Research
March, 2008
Ghana
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary law
land administration
land reform
land rights
tenure security
The central themes of this book are customary law, traditional leadership and local land management. International policy is currently witnessing a renewed interest in customary tenure systems and traditional leadership, through which it aims to enhance the efficiency of local governance, and create general access to and secure rights in land. Contrary to these ideas, practice reveals a lack of security of customary tenure in many areas.
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In the Land of the Chiefs : customary law, land conflicts, and the role of the state in Peri-Urban Ghana

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2008
Ghana
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary law
land tenure
land tenure
land tenure systems
tenure security
International policy is currently witnessing a renewed interest in customary tenure systems as well as traditional leadership, through which it aims to enhance the efficiency of local governance and create general access to and secure rights in land. Contrary to these ideas, practice reveals a lack of security of customary tenure in areas with a high competition for land. Mounting evidence displays that customary systems often evolve inequitably and that traditional elites benefit disproportionally from commodification of land.
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In the Land of the Chiefs: customary law, land conflicts, and the role of the state in Peri-Urban Ghana

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2008
Ghana
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary law
customary law
land tenure
land tenure
land tenure
land tenure systems
tenure security
tenure security
International policy is currently witnessing a renewed interest in customary tenure systems as well as traditional leadership, through which it aims to enhance the efficiency of local governance and create general access to and secure rights in land. Contrary to these ideas, practice reveals a lack of security of customary tenure in areas with a high competition for land. Mounting evidence displays that customary systems often evolve inequitably and that traditional elites benefit disproportionally from commodification of land.
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Building on “Traditional” Land Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Rural Ghana: Adaptive or Anachronistic?

Volume 10 Issue 2

Peer-reviewed publication
February, 2021
Sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
land dispute
land dispute resolution
tenure security
Despite the ongoing land administration reforms being implemented across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), including Ghana, as a viable pathway to achieve tenure security and greater efficiency in land administration, the subject of land dispute resolution has received relatively less attention. Whereas customary tenure institutions play a central role in land administration (controlling ~80% of all land in Ghana), they remain at the fringes of the formal land dispute adjudicatory process.
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Securing Land Transactions with Biometric data in Ghana

Vol 3, No 2: May 2020

Peer-reviewed publication
May, 2020
Ghana
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
land transactions
customary tenure
tenure security
There is a gap between land tenure and the physical land giving room for impersonation, multiple allocation and sale of plots, loss of possession, land racketeering and fraud through forgery. Hence, the need to identify unambiguously parties involved in land transactions so that the root of title can be traced to ensure tenure security. This paper explores innovative ways of filling the gap with biometric data to secure land transactions.
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State-Customary Interactions and Agrarian Change in Ghana. The Case of Nkoranza Traditional Area

Volume 9 Issue 11

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2020
Ghana
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
agricultural and rural legislation
land reform
land
customary tenure
tenure security
While agrarian change has been a recurrent theme in Ghana’s endeavor for economic development, questions on how land resources should be managed to ensure prompt attainment of economic growth remain unanswered. In Ghana, land is controlled by customary actors, while the state is the custodian of agricultural policies. The need for interaction between the two actors to ensure that the envisioned economic gains from agriculture are attained is paramount.