Publication

Jan 2016

This brief reviews landholding norms and patterns in Africa. It argues that 1) weak property rights are a major problem on the continent; 2) one should not assume that full titling would provide a quick fix; and 3) formalized landholding systems need to be gradually built on existing informal rights regimes.

Download English (ZA/RESEARCH/PROPERTY-AND-PROSPERITY-REFORMING-LANDHOLDING-IN-AFRICA/)
Author Terence Corrigan
Series SAIIA Policy Briefings
Issue 146
Publisher South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)
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