Transforming Land Administration Practices through the Application of Fit-For-Purpose Technologies: Country Case Studies in Africa

Danilo Antonio, Solomon Njogu, Hellen Nyamweru and John Gitau
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Danilo Antonio: UN-Habitat/Global Land Tool Network, P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
Solomon Njogu: UN-Habitat/Global Land Tool Network, P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
Hellen Nyamweru: UN-Habitat/Global Land Tool Network, P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
John Gitau: UN-Habitat/Global Land Tool Network, P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi 00100, Kenya

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 5, 1-16

Abstract: Access to land for many people in Africa is insecure and continues to pose risks to poverty, hunger, forced evictions, and social conflicts. The delivery of land tenure in many cases has not been adequately addressed. Fit-for-purpose spatial frameworks need to be adapted to the context of a country based on simple, affordable, and incremental solutions toward addressing these challenges. This paper looked at three case studies on the use of the Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) tool in promoting the development of a fit-for-purpose land administration spatial framework. Data gathering from primary and secondary sources was used to investigate the case studies. The empirical findings indicated that the use and application of the STDM in support of the fit-for-purpose land administration framework is quite effective and can facilitate the improvement in land tenure security. The findings also revealed that the tool, together with participatory and inclusive processes, has the potential to contribute to other frameworks of Fit-For-Purpose Land Administration (FFP LA) toward influencing changes in policy and institutional practices. Evidently, there was a remarkable improvement in the institutional arrangements and collaboration among different institutions, as well as a notable reduction in land conflicts or disputes in all three case studies.

Keywords: fit-for-purpose land administration; spatial framework; tenure security; STDM; technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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