5 -  Immigrant-Host Community Relations in Malawi’s Community Based Rural Land Development Project (CBRLDP)

Paul Kishindo

doi:10.57054/asr.v18i2.3714

Abstract

Access to land among land-poor households has always been contentious. In Malawi, the government, aware of this, started Community Based Rural Based Land Development Project (CBRLDP), financed by the World Bank. The project brought to the fore the latent antagonistic relationship between immigrants and host communities. This paper examines the antagonistic relationship that developed between one of the beneficiary groups of the project and their hosts in Chigumula village, Traditional Authority (TA) Liwonde’s area in Machinga district. Focus group discussion reveals that Resettlement of groups, whether sponsored or spontaneous, carries with it a potential for conflict with resident population arising from among other things competition for resources, status, power and dominance.

Immigrant-Host Community Relations in Malawi’s Community Based Rural Land Development Project (CBRLDP)

Accès à la terre parmi les ménages pauvres en terres a toujours été controversée . Au Malawi , le gouvernement , conscient de cela, commencé Projet communautaire de développement rural terrestres ( CBRLDP ) , financé par la Banque mondiale . Le projet a mis en évidence la relation antagoniste latente entre les immigrants et les communautés d’accueil . Ce document examine la relation antagoniste qui a développé entre l’un des groupes de bénéficiaires du projet et leurs hôtes dans le village de Chigumula , l’autorité traditionnelle zone de ( TA ) dans le district de Machinga Liwonde . Discussion de groupe focus révèle que la réinstallation de groupes , que ce soit sponsorisé ou spontané , porte en elle un risque de conflit avec la population résidente découlant
rces , le statut, le pouvoir et la domination .

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resettlement relocation beneficiary groups host community land redistribution land poverty

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