Review of land reforms in Southern Africa, 2010

Abstract

This book forms part of a learning programme on ‘Land Reform From Below: Decentralised Land Reform in Southern Africa’. Supported by the Austrian Development Agency, the programme was launched in 2007, and has since provided policymakers, development practitioners and those involved in local governance with a variety of regional platforms on which to share their experiences of decentralised land-reform processes and to derive lessons related to best practice that can inform and improve policy-making. This Review of Land Reform in Southern Africa 2010 reflects on countries’ experiences up to the first part of 2010, and highlights lessons for land policy and practice. It aims to follow on from the biennial Independent Review of Land Issues, in Eastern and Southern Africa produced by land-rights specialists, Robin Palmer and Martin Adams, in 2003, 2005 and 2007.