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Who Owns the Land? Perspectives from Rural Ugandans and Implications for Large-Scale Land Acquisitions

Doss, Cheryl, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth, Bomuhangi, Allan·2014·Feminist Economics
DOI 10.1080/13545701.2013.855320
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Rapidly growing demand for agricultural land is putting pressure on property-rights systems, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, where customary tenure systems have provided secure land access. Rapid and large-scale demands from outsiders are challenging patterns of gradual, endogenous change toward formalization. Little attention has focused on the gender dimensions of this transformation. However this contribution, based on a 2008–09 study of land tenure in Uganda, analyzes how different definitions of land ownership – including household reports, existence of ownership documents, and rights over the land – provide very different indications of the gendered patterns of land ownership and rights. While many households report husbands and wives as joint owners of the land, women are less likely to be listed on ownership documents, and have fewer rights. A simplistic focus on “title” to land misses much of the reality regarding land tenure and could have an adverse impact on women's land rights.

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Authors
Doss, C., Meinzen-Dick, R., & Bomuhangi, A.
Affiliations
  • Yale University (US)
  • International Food Policy Research Institute (US)
  • Makerere University (UG)
Corresponding author
Doss, Cheryl
ORCID
Venue
Feminist Economics
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2013-12-02
Volume
20
Issue
1
Pages
76-100
ISSN
  • 1354-5701 (ISSN-L)
  • 1466-4372
DOI
10.1080/13545701.2013.855320
OpenAlex
W2039673801
Cited by
131
References
37
Citations by year
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FWCI
9.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Feminist Economics (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • IFPRI E-brary (International Food Policy Research Institute) (submittedVersion)
  • CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) (submittedVersion)
  • International Food Policy Research Institute (International Food Policy Research Institute) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Land Rights and Reforms
  • Social Sciences › Development › Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agricultural Innovations and Practices
Keywords
land tenure, women's land rights, land grabbing, customary land tenure, titles, rural Uganda, property rights, land formalization

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