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Webinar Report: Land in Post-Conflict Settings

Reports & Research
June, 2019
Uganda, Myanmar, Global
Land in post-conflict settings
land administration
cadastral administration
land governance
post-conflict settings
customary law
environment
natural resources management
land acquisitions
compulsory acquisitions
land grabbing
displacement
dispossession
land conflicts
land dispute
customary land rights
customary tenure
Post-war societies not only have to deal with continuing unpeaceful relations but also land-related conflict legacies, farmland and forest degradation, heavily exploited natural resources, land mines, a destroyed infrastructure, as well as returning refugees and ex-combatants. In the aftermath of war, access to and control of land often remains a sensitive issue which may precipitate tensions and lead to a renewed destabilization of volatile post-conflict situations.
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Decoding Gender Justice in Land Conflicts Resolution in Rwanda

Vol 1, No 1: May 2018

Peer-reviewed publication
May, 2018
Rwanda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
conflicts
land rights
land conflicts
women
Rwanda has implemented a land tenure regularization program since 2008 that enabled the adjudication and registration of land rights for both men and women. However, Rwandan women are vulnerable to land conflicts because some men do not recognize or respect women’s rights in land. This study investigates the extent to which government institutions in Rwanda empower women in claiming and defending their land rights. Data sources include questionnaire survey, interviews, and the review of literature on land reform in Rwanda.
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Land Dispute and Resolution Process Among the Youth Under the Customary System in the Techiman Traditional Area of Ghana

Vol 3, No 1: January 2020, Special Issue 1 on Land Policy in Africa

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2020
Ghana
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
land
land dispute
land dispute resolution
youth
Securing land rights of all including the youth to allow for investment is very imperative. This is because access to land is very fundamental to ending extreme poverty especially in the Sub-Saharan Africa where agriculture remains the economic backbone of majority of households. To this end, access to fair and timeous land disputes resolution mechanism to adjudicate and resolve disputes which create tenure insecurity is critical. This study investigates land dispute cases and the resolution mechanisms among the youth land holders in the Techiman area of Ghana.
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Women, Awareness and Land Conflicts: Evidence from Makete Tanzania

Vol 1, No 1: May 2018

Peer-reviewed publication
May, 2018
Tanzania
Land & Gender
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
conflicts
land conflicts
women
This paper examines the awareness and information access linkages that could be improved to enhance women access to appropriate conflict resolution mechanisms in rural Tanzania. The awareness and access to information indices were constructed and combined with women satisfaction levels based on survey data from 112 women in Makete district. The results suggest that public awareness programmes have the potentials to increasing knowledge on conflict resolution options available to women and enhances the chances that they would report land cases to relevant authorities.
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Housing Development, Local Land Conflicts and Sustainable Land-use Planning in Peri-urban Ghana

Vol 4, No 1: January 2021

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2021
Ghana
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
development
land-use planning
conflicts
land
land conflicts
This paper examines the various ways local land conflicts affect sustainable land-use planning in peri-urban Ghana. In recent years, rapid urbanisation has resulted a high demand for customary lands for housing development in peri-urban areas in Ghana. Customary lands are continuously converted into housing uses; leading to eviction of indigenes from their farmlands. A mixed method approach was used to collect data from 40 participants from the research site, Aburaso.
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Geo-governance of peri-urban land conflicts in Yamoussoukro (Côte d'Ivoire)

Vol 3, No 2: May 2020

Peer-reviewed publication
May, 2020
Côte d'Ivoire
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
Urban Tenure
urban land
conflicts
land conflicts
This article aims to help the governance of peri-urban land conflicts from an approach focused on the control of urban sprawl, which is the paramount characteristic of Yamoussoukro, the political Capital City of Côte d'Ivoire. The study starts with a prospective approach to this phenomenon to identify prospects for a sustainable conflict resolution. It therefore comes within the framework of the quest for a spatial cohesion to lead to social cohesion that is today undermined by a rampant urbanization.
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Righting The Wrongs: Historical Injustices and Land Reforms in Kenya

Policy Papers & Briefs
May, 2007
Kenya
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
displacement
eviction
land
land administration
land conflicts
land dispute
land governance
land ownership
land policies
land reform
land rights
land tenure
For historical reasons, Kenya inherited a highly skewed system of land ownership at independence in 1963. British colonialism in Kenya was not merely administrative. Rather, it was accompanied by massive and widespread land alienation for the benefit of settler agriculture. As a result the best agricultural land-the White Highlands and the adjacent rangelands were taken from the Africans, without compensation, and parceled out to white settlers. Colonial legislation was enacted to legalize this process.
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The National Land Policy in Kenya Addressing Historical Injustices

Journal Articles & Books
October, 2004
Kenya
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
Land, Climate Change & Environment
conflicts
customary tenure
displacement
eviction
land
land access
land administration
land conflicts
land dispute
land governance
land management
land policies
land reform
land rights
land tenure
natural resources
natural resources management
rural development
rural planning
sustainable development
The Historical Injustices Issues Paper seeks to present the various historical land claims issues and perspective related to them and consequently proffer policy statements for their redress.
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Unjust Enrichment-The Making of Land Grabbing Millionaires-Living Large Series

Policy Papers & Briefs
June, 2006
Kenya
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
advocacy
alienation (land)
land dispute
land dispute resolution
land documentation
land governance
land grabbing
land rights
The illegal and irregular allocations of public land as chronicled in the Ndungu Report amount to a rip-off that dwarfs the Goldenberg and Anglo-Leasing scandals. Our analysis in this first issue in the series covers Karura, Ngong Road and Kiptagich forests and suggests a loss of public resources in excess of Ksh.18.4 billion. The Ndungu Report covers ten other forests as well as other public land, ranging from road reserves to cemeteries to public toilets and even State House land. As we cover these in future issues of the series, the cumulative loss will certainly be astounding.
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How Should the ‘Ndung’u’ Report Recommendations be Implemented? - What Kenyans Say.

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2004
Kenya
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
advocacy
commons
dispossession
land administration
land allocation
land area
land dispute
land dispute resolution
land law
land management
The report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Illegal/Irregular Allocation of Public Land is finally out! Popularly known as the ‘Ndung’u’ Report, the publication of this three-volume document is important to the Kenya Land Alliance for two major reasons. Firstly, the appointment of the Coordinator of the Kenya Land Alliance to the Commission marked a threshold in the relations between KLA and the Government of Kenya.