Agricultural Land Redistribution and Land Administration in Sub-Saharan Africa

Case Studies of Recent Reforms

Frank F. K. Byamugisha

• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9781464801891
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Rural Sociology
• Index: Social Sciences

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 lessons for other countries contemplating reforms. The six case studies collectively cover two main areas of land governance: reforms in redistributing agricultural land and reforms in land administration. The first two case studies discuss reforms in redistributing agricultural land in Malawi and South Africa, part of the southern Africa region where land ownership inequalities rival those in Latin America. The remaining case studies, four in number, are focused on addressing corruption and inefficiency in land administration in a variety of contexts of governance including stable and post-conflict countries. The case studies cover: • Decentralizing land administration with demonstrations from Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Ghana; • Developing post-conflict land administration systems with examples from Liberia and Rwanda; • Re-engineering and computerizing land information systems with examples from Ghana and Uganda; and • Improving management of government land through land inventories with examples drawn from Ghana and Uganda. The common elements between sometimes disparate experiences provide lessons of relevance to African and other developing countries contemplating similar reforms. The rigorous analysis and yet down-to-earth lessons of experience are a reflection of the authors' deep global experience underpinned by personal participation in the reforms covered by the book. This volume will be of interest to a wide audience including land specialists and practitioners, African policy makers, experts and managers in the international development community, and the academia.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• Abbreviations
• Introduction and Overview of Agricultural Land Redistribution and Land Administration Case Studies
• Chapter 1 Piloting Community-Based Land Reform in Malawi: Innovations and Emerging Good Practices
• Chapter 2 Land Redistribution in South Africa: A Critical Review
• Chapter 3 Decentralization of Land Administration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Experiences and Lessons Learned
• Chapter 4 Land Administration Challenges in Postconflict States in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Rwanda and Liberia
• Chapter 5 Developing Land Information Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Experiences and Lessons from Uganda and Ghana
• Chapter 6 Inventory of Government Land: Lessons from Ghana and Uganda
• Boxes
• Back Cover