Transforming Land Administration Practices through the Application of Fit-For-Purpose Technologies: Country Case Studies in Africa

Danilo Antonio,Hellen Nyamweru,Solomon Njogu,John Gitau

doi:10.3390/land10050538

Abstract

Access to land for many people in Africa is insecure and continues to pose risks to poverty, hunger, forced evictions, and social conflicts. The delivery of land tenure in many cases has not been adequately addressed. Fit-for-purpose spatial frameworks need to be adapted to the context of a country based on simple, affordable, and incremental solutions toward addressing these challenges. This paper looked at three case studies on the use of the Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) tool in promoting the development of a fit-for-purpose land administration spatial framework. Data gathering from primary and secondary sources was used to investigate the case studies. The empirical findings indicated that the use and application of the STDM in support of the fit-for-purpose land administration framework is quite effective and can facilitate the improvement in land tenure security. The findings also revealed that the tool, together with participatory and inclusive processes, has the potential to contribute to other frameworks of Fit-For-Purpose Land Administration (FFP LA) toward influencing changes in policy and institutional practices. Evidently, there was a remarkable improvement in the institutional arrangements and collaboration among different institutions, as well as a notable reduction in land conflicts or disputes in all three case studies.

Highlights

Christiaan LemmenAccess to land for the majority of people, in developing countries, is insecure and continues to pose risks to poverty, hunger, forced evictions, and social conflicts.The delivery of land tenure in many cases has not been adequately addressed, due to weak legal systems, complex procedures, and poor institutional arrangements [1,2]
Payne regarding the range of actions, steps, and decisions on land that can be interpreted as having meaning to land tenure security [17]
We asked the respondents to state whether the Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) tool facilitates tenure security improvement

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Introduction

Christiaan LemmenAccess to land for the majority of people, in developing countries, is insecure and continues to pose risks to poverty, hunger, forced evictions, and social conflicts.The delivery of land tenure in many cases has not been adequately addressed, due to weak legal systems, complex procedures, and poor institutional arrangements [1,2]. Most land administration systems have set aside the registration of informal, customary, and complex land rights due to ambiguities in the legal, socio-cultural, and technical standards, among others. The case studies section presents the projects in brief, the application context, the processes involved, and the key achievements in each country. The use of the STDM tool was central to the project and the research attempts to explore its contribution and impacts in relation to the research questions. The three case studies were from Sub-Saharan Africa, The case studies section presents the projects in brief, the application context, t processes involved, and the key achievements in each country. The three case studies were from Sub-Saharan Afri and the processes were driven by local communities and were supported by civil soci organizations (CSOs) and local authorities in each country.

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