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Land Rights and Land Reform

Fieldwork
PLAAS Research Assistant, Philani Zamchiya, doing fieldwork in Limpopo. Photo: Ruth Hall, PLAAS, 2007
Photo: Ruth Hall
Linah Milau - Hereford. Photo: Barbara Tapela
Makuleke cotton crop. Photo: Barbara Tapela
      
      
      
      

In the Shadow of a Conflict: Impacts on Zimbabwe's Land Reform on Rural Poverty and Development in Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia

Project Researchers: Phillani Zamchiya and Ruth Hall (South Africa); Bill Derman (Noragric & University of Michigan), and Anne Hellum (Law Faculty, University of Oslo)
      
Livelihoods After Land Reform (LALR)

Livelihoods After Land Reform (LALR)

This project explores to what extent land redistribution in southern Africa is achieving poverty reduction and livelihood improvement objectives.

In southern Africa many agree that land reform is an essential component of efforts to reduce poverty and inequality, but despite important empirical studies there has to date been no systematic assessment of the poverty reduction and livelihood impacts of land reform in the region.


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Debate
The PLAAS Blog:
Another countryside
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www.anothercountryside.wordpress.com
New Publications
Working paper 17: The Case for Re-Strategising Spending Priorities to Support Small Scale Farmers in South Africa by Ruth Hall and Michael Aliber
Hall, R. and Aliber, M (2010) The Case for Re-Strategising Spending Priorities to Support Small Scale Farmers in South Africa. Working Paper 17, April 2010. PLAAS, University of the Western Cape. (WP17) April 2010
Status report on land and agricultural policy in South Africa, 2010 - Research Report 40 (RR40)
Status report on land and agricultural policy in South Africa, 2010. Stephen Greenberg. Research Report 40 (RR40)
Tribal Land Administration in Botswana by Richard White - PLAAS Policy Brief 31 (PB31)
White, R. (2009) Tribal Land Administration in Botswana. PLAAS Policy Brief 31, 2009. PLAAS, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS Policy Brief 31 (PB31)
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