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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksNovember, 2023South Africa, Chile, Colombia
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchAugust, 2007South Africa, Africa
International comparative study of strategies for settlement support provision to land reform beneficiaries by Susan Tilley (RR26);
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2015South Africa, Africa
Focuses on communal tenure reform developments (or lack thereof), referring to law, policy and practice in rural areas in South Africa. Shows that communal land tenure is not in a healthy state and discusses the following recent laws and policies that are symptoms of this ill health: the Communal Land Rights Act (struck down by the Constitutional Court); the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act (passed in 2003); and the 2014 Communal Land Tenure ‘wagon wheel’ policy (currently in place).
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchFebruary, 2008South Africa, Brazil, Africa
Despite programmes for rural land reform and redistribution around the world, inequitable land distribution and rural poverty remain profound in much of the rural South. Suggests a new approach to land reform and rural development. ‘Rural territorial development’ is based on and encourages shared territorial identity (distinctive productive, historical, cultural and environmental features) amongst different stakeholders and social groupings. Builds on the fact that rural people’s livelihood strategies are complex and often mostly non-agricultural in nature.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2017South Africa
In Mozambique, changes in land access and use are shaping new landscapes, often at the expense of the poor. Despite progressive land legislation, elite groups and vested interests are consolidating land holdings while peasant producers are being dispossessed of their land and access to fertile plots is becoming increasingly difficult.
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