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Review of land reforms in Southern Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Land, and access to land, is one of the most
important assets for the poor in southern
Africa, both rural and urban, and probably
contributes more than any other factor to their
economic survival and the quality of ...
Position papers for the national Land tenure summit
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2014)
The attached position papers were written by researchers based at the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), University of the Western Cape, and at the Centre for Law and Society, University of Cape Town. ...
Reframing the New Alliance agenda: A critical assessment based on insights from Tanzania
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2013)
A dedicated investment in smallholder farmers to enable them to improve their land use and productivity is critical to achieve sustainable and inclusive growth in African countries. The New Alliance for Food Security and ...
The biofuels boom and bust in Africa: A timely lesson for the New Alliance initiative
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Policies promoting biofuels development through financial incentives in Europe and in the United States of America are major drivers of the ‘land rush’ in many African countries. Yet, we know that most of the first projects ...
Contested land tenure reform in South Africa: The Namaqualand experience
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2004)
The legacy of apartheid land policy in South Africa remains one of the most conspicuous manifestations of past injustices. To correct this legacy, diverse land reform efforts have centred on the constitutional
mandate for ...
Rights without illusions: The potential and limits of rights-based approaches to securing land tenure in rural South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011-05)
Summarising the trajectory of tenure policy and law making from 1994 through to the present, the paper shows how discourses of rights, citizenship and democracy shape policies and legislation. We assess the policies and ...
The state and land legislation in Botswana
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014-10)
This paper aims to understand the political and legal dynamics involved in aspects of local
government in Botswana as exemplified by legislative enactments. Mawhood (1985) suggests
that such structures are charged with ...
Household livelihoods and increasing foreign investment pressure in Ethiopia’s natural forests
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
Foreign investment in Ethiopia’s forestry sector is currently limited, but agricultural investments
that affect forests — largely through forest clearing — are commonplace. We describe the nature
of forest investments ...
Management of some commons in southern Africa: Implications for policy
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2006)
Profound transformations in communal land tenure systems are taking place in parts of southern Africa that have resulted
from decades of interventions, particularly the shrinking of the commonage through capture of extensive ...
Rural resource grabs or necessary inward investment? The politics of land and water in Africa
(International Institute for Environment and Development, 2015)
What has happened since the furore broke over the corporate land rush in Africa? Field-based research has exposed new realities that challenge the linear suggestions of a ‘grab’. As the process unfolds and our understanding ...