Abstract:
...These emergent land markets present many opportunities for able and
willing investors, whether individuals, private companies, families or
government. Land conflicts, protracted litigation and adjudication,
family documentation bottlenecks and uncertainty are widespread
problems with informal land markets. Land sales and other dealings in
land increased in all areas. Settlements are being uprooted or
livelihoods are being disrupted in the face of this onslaught. Yet there
is no equity, transparency or accountability in the management of this
process, neither as it concerns the “disposal” of land nor in the
distribution of benefits. The displacement of helpless families and
individuals from their legitimately owned land without due recompense
raises legal and moral issues...
