Title: Resource development on customary land : managing the complexity through a pro-development compensation solution

Authors: Boydell, Spike and Baya, Ulai

Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: World bank

Year: 2012

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: guidelines, community participation, compensation, customary law, land acquisition, melanesia

Abstract: International valuation standards for potential solutions to land compensation are compared to formulate an equitable, hybrid model for possible use in Melanesia. In practice, because consensus is hard to reach, the proposed model is inherently time consuming.

URL: http://landandpoverty.com/agenda/pdfs/paper/boydell_full_paper.pdf

Document type: Portal