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© 1991 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank

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Indigenous Land Rights Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Constraint on Productivity?

Shem Migot-Adholla, Peter Hazell, Benoît Blarel, and Frank Place

This article uses cross-sectional evidence from Ghana, Kenya, and Rwanda in 1987–88 to examine the question, Are indigenous land rights systems in Sub-Saharan Africa a constraint on productivity? The evidence supports the hypothesis suggested by historical studies, that African indigenous land rights systems have spontaneously evolved from systems of communal control towards individualized rights in response to increases in commercialization and population pressure. Cross-sectional data on the incidence of land improvements and on land yields provide little support for the view that limitations under indigenous law on the right to transfer land are a constraint on productivity.


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