Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the invisible line. The invisible line land reform, land tenure security and land registration international land management series free ebook download. This years institute focused on land rights, paying special attention to proposals to develop a land tenure security index as a tool to help vulnerable rural populations secure their land tenure. This book provides an overview of the historical and theoretical context of current land reform and tenure issues in developing and transitional countries. Unequal access to land and natural resources is a central issue that cuts across both the rural and urban sectors and has fueled ongoing insurgency in the mindanao region and other areas. Philippines, tenure, agrarian, land law, land reform, property rights, land conflicts, water rights, mineral rights.
In russia, a country controlling more land than any other nation, land ownership is central to structures of power, class division, and agricultural production. Land reform, land tenure security and land registration 1st edition. The invisible line land reform, land tenure security and. This book provides a timely and clear overview of the historical and theoretical context of current land reform and tenure issues. Land reform, land tenure security and land registration international land management series kindle edition by dekker, henri a. For example, new technologies or irrigation create economic.
Land tenure denotes both a legal term and an emotional term. This makes it possible to study the longterm consequences of change and development in land tenure systems and agricultural productivity. On the other hand it is the responsibility of provincial governments to provide complementary development support. Tenure may be based both on official laws and policies, and on informal customs. Land reform, land tenure security and land registration, the invisible line, henri a. For decades, land reform consultants visited developing countries to shop around with uniform and rather technical schemes to improve agrarian production by means of private ownership and western the string of failures of this recipe shocked the author of this book, himself a life long expert in land title registration. Focus on land land administration property rights issues. Land rights and access indicator millennium challenge. Mexicos ejidos are landbased communities legislated after mexicos 1914 revolution to enable land reform beneficiaries to receive and manage expropriated, stateowned land. Information on subjective perception of land rights by farmers, their land tenure preferences, as well as actual and hypothetical investment in land improvements in table 2 suggests not only that tenure security remains low but also that most farmers would prefer higher levels of land tenure security. Land reform is a deeply political process and therefore many arguments for and against it have emerged. Illustrated with global case studies from europe, asia, africa and latin america, key sections explore land and rights to land. Application for land registration land registration shall be uniformly applied by the lro following the onestop procedure the onestop procedure was started in 2003. Opaque or biased land policies and administration may cause.
Advocacy is another means we use to assist families in need of safe and decent homes, campaigning for legal changes in government policy and practice in order to promote affordable housing as well as equal land and property rights for everyone. Phrge visiting scholar, alfred brownell, hosted the 2017 institute. Land reform, land tenure security and land registration international. If insufficient account is taken of land access and tenure issues, the systems themselves can become part of the problem and threaten poor peoples access to land and tenure security. For citizens land tenure information may support subsistence farming, agricultural sectors, and urban food access. Pdf land tenure security according to land registration. Tenure security has major implications for economic development in the.
Land administration can be applied through formal statutory or informal customary land tenure rules. Brownell, a liberian human rights lawyer and founder of green advocates. Land reform can, therefore, refer to transfer of ownership from the more powerful to the less powerful, such as. Fighting for secure land tenure and property rights. They continue to be central to the organization of mexicos rural society, playing a key role in reform of mexicos land tenure system between 1993. This ambitious work is the definitive account of russias land reform initiatives from the late 1980s to today. Land reform, land tenure security and land registration international land management series. Land reform, land tenure security and land registration 2003. Illustrated with global case studies from europe, asia, africa and latin america, key sections explore land and rights to land, property, land tenure and reform, and land registration. Theories of land reform and their impact on land reform. A core function of land law is to ensure security of rights or interests in land. Traditional land tenures and land use systems in the.
This alarming figure represents a fundamental barrier for the poor to. Dekker, 9789085551119, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The invisible line land reform, land tenure security and land registration 2003. Beginning by discussing the need to demarcate space by creating invisible lines which give certainty to what extent authority over. Mar 02, 2017 this book provides a timely and clear overview of the historical and theoretical context of current land reform and tenure issues. Land reform, land tenure security and land registration international land management series dekker, henri a. Land tenure systems have a major impact also on the outcomes of development projects. Summary the philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 islands covering 300,000 square kilometers 30 million. Access to land can be defined as the ability to acquire and make effective use of land, its natural resources, and other benefits. Land tenure security lts is a significant way in which the land users rights are protected.
Land reform also agrarian reform, though that can have a broader meaning involves the changing of laws, regulations or customs regarding land ownership. The importance of land policy enhances tenure security and determines mechanism for distribution of land rights promotes social stability clarifies government goalsobjectives basis for economic development expectations and predictability sustainable land use and sound land management development of legislation. In 2016, an estimated 70 percent of land in developing countries was unregistered or perceived to be insecure. It can be safeguarded under different forms that are included in various concepts, practices and. Inadequate land administration can lead to problems. Further, the land registration process, which was designed for a. For example, in the twentieth century, many land reforms emerged from a particular political ideology, such as communism or socialism. Traditional land tenures and land use systems in the design of agricultural projects english abstract.
Joseph blocher land makes up three quarters of the wealth of most developing nations and plays crucial social, customary, and religious roles. Land tenure is the set of rules that determines how land is used, possessed, leveraged, sold, or in other ways disposed of within societies. Most societies have traditionally had ethnic, class, and gender biases with regard to access to land and these are often entrenched and intensified by law, customary practice, and land administration processes. Land tenure security and land values in an underdeveloped. Invisible line land reform, land tenure security and land registration. Goals objectives a to develop methodologies for research to provide a resultsbased evaluation of property and land titling programs.
Land tenure, property rights, and local land governance. L download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Economic and ecological indicators of land reform projects in eastern namibia. Highlights land administrations support for food security is more theoretical than operational.
In burkina faso, the lack of titles and registration of land parcels created a situation where people were never sure that their land rights were secure, and therefore were reluctant to make investments to make the land more productive. These arguments vary tremendously over time and place. Land registration procedures and relationship with other bodies. Land tenure and economic development in rural south africa. Land tenure reform refers to a planned change in the terms and conditions on. Land administration and land registration and the relationship. This paper provides agricultural project designers with an analytical basis and rationale for examining traditional land tenure and land use systems, and suggests how to make operational use of such information for key project decisions. First there is a need to increase security of land tenure to provide incentives for long term investments to enhance agricultural productivity and commercialize. This lack of transparency can make it harder for affected communities and governments to hold them accountable for land use decisionmaking and any sort of violation they commit.
For example, if reform leads to greater security of land ownership, through either formal or informal means, then those that use. Sovereignty, human rights and the selfdetermination of peoples baltimore studies in nationalism and internationalism ser. For the most part women, as well as smallholders and. Joseph blocher land makes up three quarters of the wealth of most developing nations and plays. For government land value and use information may support farm subsidization, fair foreign investment, and production plans. Henri a l dekker this book provides a timely and clear overview of the historical and theoretical context of current land reform and tenure issues. It determines who can use land, for how long and under what conditions. These provisions apply to ownership of land as well as security of tenure of. Around the world millions of people, communities, and businesses lack clear, secure rights to the land, resources, and property they use, occupy, and depend on for individual livelihoods and community stability. Land reform, land tenure security and land registration international land management series henri a. The state of land tenure and land markets in africa transforming africas agriculture faces at least two challenges arising from the current state of land tenure systems in africa. These rules may be established by the state or by custom, and rights may accrue to individuals, families, communities, or organizations.
The invisible line land reform, land tenure security and land. Land reform, land tenure security and land registration. To establish the relationship between tenure security and land values, i use figure 1 to highlight the theory of change in the form of longterm investment decisions by farm households to argue that land reform aimed at improving tenure security can lead to increased landrelated investments, thus leading to high land values. People submit their applications or requests at one administrative agency only. Land tenure is the way people hold rights to land and real property.
In archaeology, land tenure traditions can be studied across the longue duree, for example land tenure based on kinship and collective property management. Land and property rights millennium challenge corporation. Without effective land registrieswhich provide a record of deeds or title documentsland parcels can be allocated to multiple people, resulting in conflict and insecure tenure. During the past two decades, there has been a resurgence of interest in issues of land reform in developing and transitional countries.
Robust, broadmandate local land governance institutions. Asia, africa and latin america, key sections explore land and rights to land, property, land tenure and reform, and land registration. Land reform involves the changing of laws, regulations or customs regarding land ownership. To establish the relationship between tenure security and land values, i use figure 1 to highlight the theory of change in the form of longterm investment decisions by farm households to argue that land reform aimed at improving tenure security can lead to increased land related investments, thus leading to high land values. This lack of transparency can make it harder for affected communities and governments to hold them accountable for land use decisionmaking. Land reform may consist of a governmentinitiated or governmentbacked property redistribution, generally of agricultural land. Land reform, land tenure security and land registration, by henri a. Securing land tenure and property rights for stability and. The webinar on the land reform agenda for kenya took place on 10 october, 2018. What are land tenure, property rights, and land tenure security. Land tenure, land tenure law and legislation, land reform, landwirtschaftliches bodenrecht, and bodenreform full text view on content providers site.
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