Fair Land Governance. How to Legalise Land Rights for Rural Development

• Hoofdauteur: Otto, Jan Michiel (auth)
• Andere auteurs: Hoekema, André (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Leiden University Press 2012
• Reeks: Law, Governance, and Development
• Onderwerpen: Law & society; law; land tenure; sociology; Customary law; Land law; Private property; Tanzania
• Online toegang: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

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 smallho...