Guiding Principles:
Land Tenure in Development Cooperation

Orientierungsrahmen:
Bodenrecht und Bodenordnung

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

The need for improved land management is obvious in a changing environment. Matching land use pattern with land tenure structure and matching public policy with local or individual interest are a permanent challenge in rural as well as in urban areas (Larsson 1997). A set of instruments can facilitate the process for adaptation with the focus on participation and local empowerment.