Title: Upholding customary land rights through formalization : evidence from Tanzania's program of land reform

Authors: Fairley, Elizabeth

Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: World bank

Year: 2012

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: standards, empowerment, customary law, land rights, legal aspects, administrative reform, tanzania

Abstract: The challenges of bringing informal, customary land arrangements into a universal formalized land administration are examined. One of the questions is whether certificates of customary rights of occupancy (CCROs) in Tanzania improve the perceived or real security of tenure for rural peoples?

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

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