Evaluating Institutional Dichotomy between Urban and Rural Land Administration in Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Worku Nega, Mulugeta Tenaw, Yeneneh Hunie, Sayeh Kassaw Agegnehu and Reinfried Mansberger
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Worku Nega: Institute of Land Administration, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos 269, Ethiopia
Mulugeta Tenaw: Institute of Land Administration, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos 269, Ethiopia
Yeneneh Hunie: Institute of Land Administration, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos 269, Ethiopia
Sayeh Kassaw Agegnehu: Institute of Land Administration, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos 269, Ethiopia
Reinfried Mansberger: Institute of Geomatics, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, A-1190 Vienna, Austria

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 16, 1-19

Abstract: Institutional setup in the land administration system plays a crucial role in the successful functioning of modern land administration. The institutional setup, whether separated for urban and rural land administration or unified, is responsible for implementing the legal and policy framework. In most regions of Ethiopia, including the Amhara National Regional State, the institutional setup is separated, which results in increasing difficulties to administer land efficiently. The purpose of this study was to assess the challenges and opportunities of the institutional dichotomy between urban and rural land administration in the Amhara region. Primary and secondary data were used in the study. Questionnaires, focus group discussions (FGDs) and interviews with key informants were applied to collect the data. As the findings of the study revealed, about 55% of the respondents agreed that the integration between urban and rural land administration institutions is weak. In addition, 38% of the respondents also confirmed that the integration between the two independent institutions is very weak. The institutional separation between urban and rural land has opened the door for land invasion and informal settlement in peri-urban areas. The study also identifies overlapping job titles, wastage of human and material resources, and promulgation of contradicting urban and rural land laws as the challenges in the region due to the dichotomy of land administration between urban and rural. Although administering urban and rural land in separate institutions helps for minimizing the workload, the findings tend to administer land in a unified institution and within an independent ministry.

Keywords: institutional separation; institutional structure; land administration institutions; strength; weakness; unified institution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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