Improving local land governance? Exploring the linkages between land governance reforms, institutional pluralism and tenure security in Burundi

Land Governance and Security of Tenure in Developing Countries

3 his White Paper was produced by the Land Tenure and Development Technical Committee, co-chaired by a representative from the Development Policy Directorate in the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and a representative from the French Development Agency. It is the distillation of numerous debates, discussions and consultations held over the course of 2007 and 2008 between French ...

Land-Tenure Policy Reforms

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Improving access to land and tenure security POLICY

Enabling poor rural people to overcome poverty Improving access to land and tenure security Policy Enabling poor rural people to overcome poverty

Security of Land Tenure Today

Land Tenure

Farming in sub-Saharan Africa outside South Africa typically takes place on small plots cultivated by individuals. The land tenure system is often described as 'communal', meaning that land is owned by a kin-based or political group and that individuals obtain the right to cultivate through their membership in that group. If a generalization is possible about the process through which people ob...