Description

Communities are organizing themselves to capture tenure data outside the legal framework. Such data are used to engage with relevant authorities on the legal recognition and issuance of statutory tenure rights. Action intervention programs aimed at protecting tenure rights have put a lot of supports to capture the extra-legal tenure rights – sometimes using a variety of mobile tools/applications for tenure documentation. Their actions do perhaps influence legal reforms in support of the recognition of tenure rights. However, their direct impact on legal reforms are yet to be known. If laws and policies are to redress the issues of tenure insecurity, it is necessary to understand how data, being collected outside the legal framework and the processes leading to attaining statutory tenure rights interplay. Successes or failures in attaining statutory tenures rights have implications on commitments towards the SDGs on tenure security. This study will assess how actions on tenure documentation– outside the legal framework - are influencing tenure reforms in support of tenure security

Objectives and Methodology

To review trends in legal reforms induced by innovative approaches in land administration

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