Land Law Reform in East Africa reviews development and changes in the statutory land
laws of 7 countries in Eastern Africa over the period 1961–2011. The book is divided into …

Why, despite an emphasis on'getting institutions right', do development initiatives so
infrequently deliver as planned? Why do many institutions designed for natural resource …

The paper proposes that reports of pervasive competition and conflict over land in sub‐
Saharan Africa belie a current image of negotiable and adaptive customary systems of …

This paper draws on ethnographic research in Tanzania to question ideas inherent to
mainstream development policy that building social capital can be readily created, used, or …

This paper discusses the interface of anthropological research on land with policy positions
across formative periods—from the colonial period through to the present as land tenure …

This paper engages with policy on meeting development goals for water through
interventions, which promote good governance. Addressing an under-researched area, we …

Recent studies have asked why elites resort to violence, yet many overlook the process and
dynamics of mobilizing violence. How do politicians convince their supporters to fight? This …

An ethnographic study of issues of land rights, property regimes, and ethnicity in West Africa.
Focusing on an area of the savannah in northern Ghana and southwestern Burkina Faso …

Page 1 Changes in “customary” land tenure systems in Africa Edited by Lorenzo Cotula
Page 2 Changes in "customary" land tenure systems in Africa Edited by Lorenzo Cotula …

This article analyzes debates over tenure reform policy in post‐apartheid South Africa, with a
particular focus on the controversial Communal Land Rights Act of 2004. Land tenure …