Fair land governance : how to legalise land rights for rural development

Fair land governance : how to legalise land rights for rural development / edited by Jan Michiel Otto and André Hoekema.

"These farmers have been working this land for generations. But they have no papers. So the government may clear this land for a project. People fear they will be chased away." Such stories can be heard every day in Africa, Asia and Latin America. They demonstrate the insecurity of rural s...

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Other Authors: Otto, Jan Michiel, 1952-, Hoekema, A. J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Leiden University Press, ©2011.
Series:Law, governance, and development. Research.
Subjects:
Land use, Rural > Law and legislation.
Rural development > Law and legislation.
Land tenure > Law and legislation.
Land tenure > Law and legislation
Land use, Rural > Law and legislation
Rural development > Law and legislation
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Table of Contents:
  • Legalising land rights, yes but how? : An introduction / Jan Michiel Otto and André Hoekema
  • Simple solutions to complex problems : land formalisation as a 'silver bullet' / John W. Bruce
  • Securing land rights in Africa : trends in national and international law / Lorenzo Cotula
  • From state to people's law : assessing learning-by-doing as a basis of new land law / Liz Alden Wily
  • Future cadastres / Paul van der Molen
  • If not private property, then what? : Legalising extra-legal rural land tenure via a third road / André Hoekema.

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