The Right to Land and a Livelihood, Angola

This research, which has been commissioned to review the dynamics of land tenure systems in selected municipalities in Kuanza Sul Province, reveals a denial of land access rights to communal farmers, whose livelihoods are centred on land. Unless efforts are made to bring a more balanced share of land into the two main types of tenure - large scale commercial and communal - social development efforts will produce only a minimal impact on livelihood security. However, improving access to land alone, in the absence of education and awareness programmes that help people interpret and question their rights, will be a simple palliative short-term solution to land tenure security problems. This study was by commissioned by Norwegian People's Aid Angola and has been headed by Paulo Filipe.

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NPA Cambodia: Sharing Experiences about Land Struggles

This discussion paper will look at some of the experiences of NPA in Banteay Meanchey in terms of resettlement, land distribution and interventions on demined land.

Read more(08.07.2004)