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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Tenure reform"”.
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A Social Psychological Exploration of Tenure Reform in a Cape Town Housing Project
Research into tenure reform in South Africa, in the form of allocating private property rights in the form of title deeds, has yielded unclear results in terms of economic upliftment of communities. There is a lack of qualitative information about how communities engage with land titling projects, …
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Colonialism, Customary Authority, and Constitutionalism: Rethinking Gender, Justice, and Tenure Reform in South Africa through Ubuntu and Intersectionality
… and customary law frameworks shape women’s tenure security and gendered experiences of justice. Although the Constitution enshrines equality and nondiscrimination, deeply embedded patriarchal norms within institutions and, at times, within the practices through which statutory law is …
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Private game farms and the tenure security of workers and dwellers in Cradock - implications for tenure reform in South Africa
… within the broader field of agrarian and land reform scholarship. It investigates the consequences that farm conversions to game farming have had for the tenure security of farm workers and -dwellers in Cradock, Eastern Cape. At the heart of the thesis is the extreme land question of the …
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Land tenure and rural livelihoods in Zambia: case studies of Kamena and St. Joseph
… In particular it examines first, crop field tenure, and livelihoods in natural resources. Second it explores factors that mediate access, use and control of land and natural resources within village communities. Empirical data are explored from two rural village communities of Kamena and St. …
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A framework for guiding cadastral systems development in customary land rights contexts
Land reform in South Africa is reported to be failing, and land tenure reform in customary contexts is the least well-addressed component of land reform. To address this failure, a framework for guiding cadastral systems development in customary land rights contexts is developed. Using a research …
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Contradictions and control: Michigan elementary teachers' lived experiences of legislated teacher evaluation
<p>The Michigan Teacher Quality and Tenure Reform bill was signed into law in July 2011. The law mandated specific requirements for annual performance evaluation of all teachers and prohibited teacher evaluation as a subject of collective bargaining. The purpose of this phenomenological, collective …
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The potential and limits of the proactive land acquisition strategy: land reform implementation in Gauteng province of South Africa
Land reform in South Africa emerged as one of the important policies for reconciliation, reconstruction and development of the country after years of racial segregation. Its implementation has been three-fold i.e. land restitution, redistribution and tenure reform. The initial sub-programmes of …
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Traditional authorities and co-management of protected areas in South Africa: the case of Dwesa-Cwebe Nature Reserve in the Eastern Cape
… to create new landowner institutions under tenure reform policies. Two theoretical debates – the critical and the supportive perspectives – provide the framework for this study and help in assessing how theorists viewed the role of traditional authorities in the context of protected area …
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The urban land question : management and access for the urban poor in post apartheid South Africa
… The thesis unpacks land redistribution, land tenure reform and land restitution within this context. It is argued that the South African Constitution commits government to protect the property rights of those who currently own property and at the same time redistribute land to those who have …
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Three Essays in Environmental and Land Economics
… analysis. Chapter 3 asks the question, does land tenure registration cause, or prevent deforestation? Utilizing the implementation of a land registry called a DUAT in norther Mozambique, I observe land parcels before and after registration and estimate the effect on tree cover loss as measured by …
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The impact of monetary compensation as a land restitution redress mechanism in the Vhembe District, South Africa
This study was conducted to assess the use of financial compensation, within household claimants of two restitution communities in Vhembe District, South Africa. It involved a simple random sampling of 183 claimants from Phaphazela and Ribungwani communities. Collected data were captured into Excel …
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Incentives and Forest Reform: Evidence from China
Chapter I: Forest Devolution Reform in China: A Trigger for Investment or Deforestation? I investigate whether and how the devolution of forestland to households in China triggered investment in forestland, and its effect on forest resource conditions. The investment analysis is based on a panel …
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Principals and the Professional Victim Syndrome
… are asked by their superintendents to lead reform efforts effectively or face the possibility of dismissal. Principals often face the dilemma of balancing politics in an effort to appease board members and the superintendent while simultaneously implementing critical change efforts in their …