Although most of the world's agricultural land is cultivated under customary tenure regimes
that tend to change over time in response to exogenous factors, the impact of customary …

While interim property rights are thought to achieve incremental improvements of tenure
security and rights for the urban poor, there is surprisingly little research into the provision of …

Since the 1990s a body of soft international law and public policy has developed around
property restitution after conflict. The Pinheiro Principles and the Voluntary Guidelines for the …

Despite progress towards recognizing communal land rights, there may be unintended
outcomes, and for pastoral areas there is a need to be aware of how this may affect evolving …

We explore how gender relations structure the assertion of formal women's land rights
(WLRs), highlighting community-level land governance dynamics under individual and …

Land Politics examines the struggle to control land in Africa through the lens of land titling in
Zambia and Senegal. Contrary to standard wisdom portraying titling as an inevitable product …

In much of urban Africa, demand for statutory property rights remains low even when
governments coordinate land titling programmes and reduce the costs of registration. This …

Abstract Information on willingness-to-pay is key for public pricing and allocation of services
but not easily collected. Studying land titles in Dar-es-Salaam, we ask whether local leaders …

Rapid urbanisation in sub-Saharan Africa occurs with little land registration, and government-
led regularisation schemes often find limited uptake of title deeds by residents. In theory …

In coming decades, Africa's urban populations will expand, and the effects of climate change
be more keenly felt. Land policies and institutions will be key for urban dwellers to be able …