Guiding Principles:
Land Tenure in Development Cooperation

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Zergeye Asfaw, Girma Tolossa (1997):
Land Tenure Structure and Development in Ethiopia: A Case Study of 10 Peasant Associations in Wara Jarso Woreda

Table of Contents

1. Summary
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The State of the Law
1.3 Oromia specific Land Tenure Issues
1.4 Recommendations
1.5 Some Issues for Policy Dialogue
1.6 Role of Donors
2. Objective
3. Assessment of National Laws Regarding Tenure Structure
3.1 Overview of tenure development
3.1.1 Land Policy
3.1.2 Tenancy relationships and land re-redistribution
3.1.2 Urban Land Markets
3.2 The Role of Institutions at Policy Level
3.2.1 Visions of Major Institutions and Donors on Land Tenure Policy
3.2.2 Steps to be Planned to Operationalize Existing Laws
4. Land Tenure Regulations and Experiences in Oromia
4.1 Debates for policy changes during Derge period
4.2 Oromia specific perspectives for tenure changes
4.3 Institutions and their mandate
4.4 Perceptions on land tenure at zonal and woreda level
5. Land Tenure and related Issues in ten Peasant Associations of Wara Jarso Woreda
5.1 Background of the Study Area
5.1.1 Geographical Location
5.1.2 Physical Environment
5.1.3 Demographically Characteristic of the study area
5.1.4 The Literacy
5.1.5 Age & Sex Composition
5.1.6 Literacy Levels
5.1.7 Households
5.1.8 Agriculture
5.1.9 Crop Production
5.1.10 Livestock Production
5.2 Land Tenure Structure and its Historical Development
5.2.1 The Emperor's period
5.2.2 Derg and post Derg period
5.2.3 Informal tenancy arrangement
5.2.4 Land redistribution
5.2.5 Beneficiaries of the land reform programme
5.3 The perception of "landless" persons
5.3.1 Peasant farmers of Dugda Dera peasant association
5.3.2 Perceptions of some selected individual farmers
5.4 Investments and farmers' perceptions
5.4.1 Terracing
5.4.2 Flood diversion structures
5.4.3 Tree planting and protection of wood lands
5.5 Conflict scenarios and procedures for resolving them
5.6 Perceptions of Project officials and extension workers
5.7 Role and mandate of local administration and institutions
5.8 Institutional strengthening and the role of donors in land tenure development
6. Recommendations at Federal and State Levels (including lower levels organs)
6.1 Ownership of rural land
6.2 User right
6.3 Security of tenure
6.4 Competencies of the Federal Government and State Councils
7. Recommendations at the Project Level
7.1 Constraints to investments
7.2 Common property management
8. Some Issues for Policy Dialogue
9. The Role of Donors