Assessment on practice of urban land governance framework in Ethiopia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.48346/IMIST.PRSM/ajlp-gs.v7i3.47882Abstract
Context and background
In 2016, Ethiopia's land governance assessment framework was developed by the World Bank with other bilateral partners. The main aim of developing this framework is to assess the land governance throughout the country. Goal and Objectives:
This study aim to assess the current practice of urban land governance based on the framework in Addis Ababa and Adama,
Methodology:
Data was collected by closed-ended questionnaires. The questioners were distributed to Urban Land Management and Development experts in the study areas.
Results:
The study found out that land rights recognition, dispute resolution, large-scale land transfer to private investors, valuing and taxing of land and registry and cadastre of public providing of land information panels were practicing strong. Rights for communal lands, as well as forest and rural lands usage regulations, planning, using, and development of urban land, policies and institutional arrangements, and public land management panels were practicing weak. The study concluded that out of nine panels 5 panels were practiced strong and 4 panels were practiced weak at the study area.
Keywords: Ethiopia, Land Governance, Urban Land, Land Governance Assessment framework
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