South africas land policy is flailing around in the dark, with the haziest of understandings of how well or how badly land reform is doing. The da proposes an approach to land reform based on the following principles. Land reform policies nkuzi development association. For example, in the twentieth century, many land reforms emerged from a particular political ideology, such as communism or socialism. The objective of this research and policy brief is to analyse different mechanisms of access to land for the rural poor in an era when redistribution through expropriative land reform is largely inconsistent with the forces of the political economy. Land reform policy committee department of land affairs departement van grondsake kgoro ya tsa naga umnyango wezomhlaba policy and procedures for expropriation of land in terms of act 126 and esta submitted by. Land use policy is an international and interdisciplinary journal concerned with the social, economic, political, legal, physical and planning aspects of urban and rural land use. Prepared for the united states agency for international development, property rights and resource governance program under the prosperity, livelihoods and critical ecosystems place indefinite quantity contract iqc contract no.
The land reform policy group in scotland request pdf. Introduction according to the white paper on south african land policy the case for the governments land reform policy is fourfold. In 2006, the auc, the uneca and the afdb initiated a process for the development of a framework and guidelines for land policy and land reform in africa with a view to strengthening land rights, enhancing productivity and securing livelihoods for the majority of the continents population. Land reform, and the role of human rights in land reform, has recently moved back up the policy agenda, and been defined in a scottish context as measures that modify or change the arrangements governing the possession and use of land in scotland in the. While separate, rural development and land reform are aligned at policy, programme and institutional levels to ensure coordinated service delivery. The assessments will also help identify the challenges, the knowledge, institutional and resources gaps, in. National land reform policy latest breaking news, pictures, videos, and special reports from the economic times. National land reform policy blogs, comments and archive news on. The basic defect of the indian land reform policy has been the low pace at which the whole programme moved. Deshpande land policy was a major developmental issue during indias freedom movement, especially following the infamous deccan riots. Introduction land reform usually refers to redistribution of land from the rich to the poor. Land policy reform in rwanda and land tenure security for all.
Arbitrary changes to the legislative framework have contributed to the high level of confusion that has been provoked by the fast track initiative. Land reform is a deeply political process and therefore many arguments for and against it have emerged. Land restitution to restore land or provide financial compensation for people dispossessed of the land after 19. In each of these countries the process of land reform is incomplete. Land reform was a major policy initiative in the country in the 1950s and early 1960s. Zimbabwe land policy study 2 executive to undermine the independence of the judiciary and subvert the rule of law in order to remove obstacles to the implementation of the land reform programme. The republic of zambia ministry of lands and natural resources draft national land policy this is a draft national land policy and as such is a working document and. The main objective of the egypt public land management strategy is to provide the government of egypt goe with practical and politically feasible policy recommendations to reform existing public land management policies and practices in the aim of improving the business climate in egypt. The land reform policy group has stated that land reform legislation should set out clearly the. Land reform is a moral and political imperative and represents an opportunity to invigorate rural economies by giving rural dwellers greater access to productive assets. The main goal of land policy reform in rwanda is to protect and to enforce land holders rights and the provision of land tenure security for all citizens without any discrimination. Land policy in africa united nations economic commission.
Its main aim was to provide the scottish parliament with an agenda for action on land reform. The quantitative background to land reform in terms of population patterns and land. Mar 30, 2011 question by the land reform decree 1975, the 1995 constitution of uganda, and the land act 1998 failed to deal with the fundamental issues in land tenure due to absence of clear policy principles to inform the enactment of legislation that offers politically and socially. Scottish office land reform policy group identifying the problems february 1998 response by andy wightman 1 personal background 1. The programme of land reformin terms of the twin objectives of growth and social justice may be said to have been formulated in the right direction. The current land policy proposal ascended from the frustration of perceived slow progress, albeit having shown in this piece that there has been progress if one views this process in terms of hectares moved from white farmers to black farmers not the productivity of the land. Most coverage of zimbabwes land reform insists that. It became a prominent concern for the peasants to back the independence movement.
China land policy reform for sustainable economic and social. Chapter 2 examines the economic implications of land reform in relation to the goals of development. Land reform has been the subject of discussion in scotland for generations. The democratic government in 1994 opted for a threepronged land reform policy to redress the historical injustice of land dispossession, denial of access to land and forced removals. Land reform in india prepared as an entry for the oxford companion to economics in india edited by kaushik basu, oxford university press. Pdf how rural land reform policy translates into benefits. Namibia country report 2010 v abbreviations aals affirmative action loan scheme aclra agricultural commercial land reform act 6 of 1995 cbo communitybased organisation furs farm unit resettlement scheme lac legal assistance centre lisup livelihoods support programme lrac land reform advisory commission. Framework and considered a prerequisite for economic. It provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and information from the diverse range of disciplines and interest groups. The south african land reform policies of the first nonracial democratic government begin with the constitution, the rural development programme rdp and a process of consultation involving community level research and advice from international experts, the most influential being from the world bank. The need for land reform south africa suffered a long history of colonization, racial domination and land dispossession that resulted in the bulk of the agricultural land being owned by a white minority. And land reform measures were conceived boldly but were implemented badly.
South africas land debate is clouded by misrepresentation. A critical analysis of the land reform programme in zimbabwe. The national land policy reform project of the mlcpe, under the guidance of five technical. The roads of access to land which are explored are intrafamily transfers, access through community membership, land sales and rental markets, and. The study investigates the effects the land policy reform on rights over land for widow and female orphans.
The study attempts to understand the impact of sociopolitical and economic processes on the implementation of land reform policies at the village level. Abstract this book examines issues at the forefront of the debate on land law reform, pays particular attention to how reform options affect the poor and disadvantaged, and recommends strategies for alleviating poverty more effectively through land law reform. A national land use policy, on the other hand, is an integral element of the national land policy. These arguments vary tremendously over time and place. The aim of a national land use policy is to provide general guidance on optimal and sustainable utilization of land, and is based on the analysis of soil types, topographic features, and agroecological considerations, as well as social and demographic factors. August 12, 20 the central government of india has released a draft of an ambitious new national land reform policy for public discussion that, if approved and adopted, could help the country end landlessness and extreme rural poverty. Principles, experience, and future challenges klaus deininger hans binswanger this article examines the evolution of policy recommendations concerning rural land issues since the formulation of the world banks land reform policy paper in 1975. We must shift the focus of land reform from meeting targets to meeting needs. Hosted at the university of aberdeen, with thanks to terra firma chambers for its support. Being forced to make a choice we have opted to make our task somewhat less impossible by confining ourselves to the narrow and we believe, colloquial sense of land reforms namely a policy of actively redistributing land towards the rural poor. It incorporates the position of the government on the report of the presidential commission of inquiry into land matters reached by the cabinet on december 22, 1994, the recommendations. Zimbabwe, on one side of the spectrum, is facing a crisis in democratisation due to its radical approach to land reform. Land reform is probably one of the most difficult domestic policy issues to bedealt with by zimbabwe, namibia, south africa and australia.
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