Articles · Vol. 30 No. 4 (2005): Africa Development

Land Tenure Reform under the Economic Liberalisation Regime: Observations from the Tanzanian Experience

DOI: 10.4314/ad.v30i4.22243

  • Masao Yoshida
    Masao Yoshida
      Visiting Professor, Department of History, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda at the time of writing. Currently Professor, Nihon-Fukushi University, Nagoya, Japan.
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Abstract

The economic liberalisation of the 1990s hastened the growth of business inter ests in land and created new competition over natural resources. The World Bank, a promoter of liberalisation, has encouraged African governments to for mulate new land policies and enact new land laws. The paper examines the process of new rush for legislating land acts, and clarify the main actors behind this move. This author utilises the observations obtained through several years of field studies undertaken in Kilimanjaro Region, as well as documentary sources, for this case study.

Land Tenure Reform under the Economic Liberalisation Regime: Observations from the Tanzanian Experience: DOI: 10.4314/ad.v30i4.22243

La libéralisation économique des années 90 a accéléré la croissance des intérêts commerciaux fonciers et créé une nouvelle forme de compétition autour des ressources naturelles. La Banque mondiale, promotrice de la libéralisation, a encouragé les gouvernements africains à formuler de nouvelles politiques foncières et à promulguer de nouvelles lois relatives à la terre. Cette communi cation étudie cette ruée vers la promulgation de nouvelles lois foncières et indique les principaux acteurs à la base de ce mouvement. L'auteur utilise les observa tions obtenues à l'issue de plusieurs années de travaux sur le terrain entrepris dans la région du Kilimanjaro ; il se sert également de sources documentaires pour mener cette étude de cas.

 

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  • Masao Yoshida

     Visiting Professor, Department of History, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda at the time of writing. Currently Professor, Nihon-Fukushi University, Nagoya, Japan.

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