This article examines some contemporary policy discourses on land tenure reform in sub–
Saharan Africa and their implications for women's interests in land. It demonstrates an …

Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, land is a fundamental issue for economic development,
food security and poverty reduction1. Land is of crucial importance to the economies and …

The debate over land reform in Africa is embedded in evolutionary models, in which it is
assumed landholding systems are evolving into individualized systems of ownership with …

Climate change and variability continue to adversely impact the livelihoods of many
agriculture-dependent households in dryland sub-Saharan Africa. Climate vulnerability is …

The custom often acts as a powerful hindrance to equity-increasing changes. In this paper,
we present a simple model of legal dualism in which a progressive legal reform can, under …

This empirically grounded study provides a critical reflection on the land question in Africa,
research on which tends to be tangential, conceptually loose and generally inadequate. It …

This article examines the effect of customary institutions on smallholder land titling in Sub-
Saharan Africa. It argues that the individual's status within the customary institution …

The redistribution of land has profound implications for women and for gender relations;
however, gender issues have been marginalised from both theoretical and policy …

Securing property rights in both rural landholdings and urban housing is a much-debated
feature of current development policy. Providing title for the household does not guarantee …

Greater legal equality between men and women is associated with a narrower gender gap
in opportunities and outcomes, fewer female workers in positions of vulnerable employment …