Guiding Principles:
Land Tenure in Development Cooperation

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Issa G. Shivji: Land Tenure Problems and Reforms in Tanzania

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. The colonial heritage
3. Post-independence village settlements
4. Post-Arusha villagization
4.1 Legal framework of land tenure in villages
5. Democratizing land tenure: The Land Commission's recommendations
5.1 Village lands
5.1.1 Demarcation and vesting of village lands
5.1.2 Registration of rights
5.1.3 Ceiling on ownership and dispositions
5.1.4 Inalienable lands, commons and compulsory acquisition
5.1.5 Saving villagization
6 Key interest groups
References

 

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