The problem of overuse of open-access resources was clearly articulated by Scott Gordon
(1954) and Harold Demsetz (1967). Garrett Hardin (1968) speculated about the same …

According to conventional law-and-economics theory, private property rights tend to evolve
as resource values rise. This optimistic assessment fails to explain the development of open …

The livelihoods and life chances of pastoral communities in the West African Sahel are
linked to: the complexity of the activities they must engage in to insure access to resources; …

This paper analyses the role of institutions in the management of common pool resources
(CPRs) in semi-arid Tanzania. Common property regimes have often been considered …

CBNRM in Namibia has grown from a small pilot project initiated by a nongovernmental
organization (NGO) and local traditional leaders to a multifaceted national programme that …

There has been much debate in recent years about land tenure reform in Africa. However,
this debate has largely failed to acknowledge the role ethnicity can play in the success or …

Land and agriculture play key roles in the production and social reproduction strategies
pursued by large populations of rural dwellers in the global South. Thus the emerging …

Abstract In sub-Saharan Africa, securing community lands has often been proposed as an
alternative to programmes of individualisation, titling and registration (ITR). Recently …

While it has repeatedly been observed that pastoralist resource governance systems tend
not to conform to the assumptions and principles of mainstream scholarship on property …

Drawing on original data, secondary literature, aerial photographs and archives, this book
analyzes changes in the use of the landscape and the nature of rural livelihoods in two …