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How secure are land rights in Cameroon? A review of the evolution of land tenure system and its implications on tenure security and rural livelihoods Ghent University
Tenure security provides incentives for sustainable land uses practices, long-term investment, and positively affects rural livelihoods strategies and poverty reduction. However, tenure insecurity is globally a critical issue for most of the poorest. This paper analyses the evolution of the land tenure system in Cameroon from precolonial era to nowadays and discusses the implications on tenure security and rural livelihoods. Outcomes reveal that ...
Renegotiating communal autonomy: communal land rights and liberal land reform on the Bolivian altiplano: Carangas, 1860-1930 Ghent University
This dissertation is the result of a detailed analysis of the local dynamics generated in the context of an anti-corporatist land reform in a rural region marked by a strong communal control over land. The presented case study is informed by a broader analytical framework that allows for a critical assessment of peripheral agency within a globalizing world. With this research, I aim to contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of ...
Land rights as an engine of growth?: an analysis of Cambodian land grabs in the context of development theory Ghent University University of Antwerp
A world-systems frontier perspective to land : exploring the uneven trajectory of land rights standardization in the Andes Ghent University
Formalising land rights based on customary tenure : community delimitation and women's access to land in central Mozambique Ghent University KU Leuven
From the Global to the Local: The Development of Indigenous Peoples’ Land Rights Internationally and in Southeast Asia Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Despite a noticeable shift in recent years, indigenous peoples in Asia continue to experience many forms of human rights violations, with the most serious perhaps being the loss of traditional lands and territories. The purpose of this article is to examine indigenous peoples' land rights and its application in Southeast Asia. To that end, this article will: provide an overview of the development of indigenous peoples' land rights ...
Land rights, local financial development and industrial activity : evidence from Flanders (nineteenth-early twentieth century) Ghent University
Peculiarities of the state-owned land selling or transferring the rights thereof in Lithuania and China Ghent University
Land is a special object of ownership. Ownership of land can be one of the main conditions to start and develop business as well as one of the preconditions to undertake economic activities. The Lithuanian Constitution generates an opportinstitutiony and a requirement to regulate the relationship with regards to acquisition, exploitation, and transfer of land as a special object of ownership. So far as China is concerned, according to the ...