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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818344003321

Titolo

Agricultural land redistribution and land administration in Sub-Saharan Africa : case studies of recent reforms / / edited by Frank F.K. Byamugisha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : The World Bank, , 2014

ISBN

1-4648-0189-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (pages cm)

Collana

Directions in development

Disciplina

333.3/167

Soggetti

Land reform - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Land tenure - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction and overview of agricultural land redistribution and land administration case studies -- Piloting community-based land reform in Malawi: innovations and emerging good practices -- Land redistribution in South Africa: a critical review -- Decentralization of land administration in Sub-Saharan Africa: recent experiences and lessons learned -- Land administration challenges in post-conflict states in Sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from Rwanda and Liberia -- Developing land information systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: experiences and lessons from Uganda and Ghana -- Inventory of government land: lessons from Ghana and Uganda.

Sommario/riassunto

Agricultural Land Redistribution and Land Administration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Studies of Recent Reforms focuses on ""how"" to undertake land reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa, but with relevant lessons for other developing countries. It provides details, with case studies, on how reforms were undertaken to address a pressing and controversial development challenge in Africa - land ownership inequality - and an intransigent development issue - inefficiency and corruption in land administration. An equally important contribution of the book is assessing reforms and highlighting valuable lesso