Guiding Principles:
Land Tenure in Development Cooperation

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Orientierungsrahmen:
Bodenrecht und Bodenordnung

 
Deutsche Gesellschaft
für Technische Zusammenarbeit
Abt. 45 / Div. 45

 

Hans - H. Münkner (1995):
Synthesis of Current State and Trends in Land Tenure, Land Policy and Land Law in Africa

Table of Contents:

1. Land Tenure, Land Policy, Land Management and Land Law in Africa - Past and Present Situation
Introduction
1.1 Pre-colonial land tenure in Africa
1.1.1 The socio-cultural and economic situation in pre-colonial, pre-industrial African society
1.1.2 Particularities of autochthonous African law
1.1.3 Contents of African Land Law
1.2 Autochthonous Land Law under colonial influence
1.2.1 Principles of colonial land tenure policy
1.2.2 Forms of influence on the development of land law
1.2.3 Changes of autochthonous land law as a consequence of colonial influence
1.2.4 The relationship between autochthonous and colonial law
1.3 Development of Land Law After Independence
1.3.1 Land Tenure and Land Law in Kenya
1.3.2 Land Tenure and Land Law in Tanganyika / Tanzania
1.3.3 Land tenure and land law reform in Senegal
1.3.4 Land Tenure and Land Law in Mozambique
2. Important Developments in Land Tenure and Land Management, in Africa
2.1 Factors causing change
2.1.1 Internal factors
2.1.2 External factors
2.2 Resulting effects
2.2.1 Changing concept of land
2.2.2 Changing income patterns
2.2.3 Changed production patterns
2.2.4 Ecological degradation
3. Land Tenure and Development Projects and Programs
3.1 Land tenure influence on projects and programs
3.2 Types of land tenure and their effects
3.2.1 Common / Communal / Collective Land Rights
3.2.2 Private property of land held by individuals or corporations
3.2.3 State property
3.2.4 Open access to resources
3.2.5 Types of tenancy
3.2.6 Squatting
3.3 Access to land and farm sizes
3.3.1 Peasant farmers
3.3.2 Commercial farming
3.3.3 Plantations owned by Corporations or private / public investors
3.4 Consequences for development projects and programs
4. Recommendations for better consideration of land tenure issues in development cooperation
4.1 Factors determining successful land tenure policy and land law
4.1.1 Clear government policy
4.1.2 Clear legal framework
4.1.3 Implementation of policies and laws and implementation machinery
4.2 Possible fields of action
4.2.1 Policy dialogue
4.2.2 Consultancy in law-making
4.2.3 Projects or programs?
4.2.4 Research and training
References