Unintended Consequences of Land Rights Reform
The Case of the 1998 Uganda Land Act
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5797348 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Diana Hunt (University of Sussex, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 173-191 |
| Publication date | 2004-02-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development Policy Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-6764 • E-ISSN: 1467-7679 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2004.00244.x |
| OpenAlex | W3121342103 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 43 |
| References cited | 5 |
Empirical studies of land rights privatisation have tended to underemphasise the unintended impacts of land rights reform relative to establishing whether the predicted impacts have occurred. This article, in reviewing some of the unintended consequences of the 1998 Uganda Land Act, draws attention to ways in which intended impacts may be undercut by lack of both consultation and foresight in anticipating responses to new legal provisions and by lack of adequate resourcing of the reform process. It also recognises that unintended outcomes may sometimes reflect appropriate adaptations of legal provisions at the local level, and briefly considers what light the Ugandan experience can throw on recent proposals for Normalisation of informal property rights in the Third World
Empirical evidence · Futures studies · Land reform · Unintended consequences · African history and culture analysis · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Land Rights and Reforms
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| Unique citing works | 43 |
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| Citations per year | 2,15 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 42 |