International comparative study of strategies for settlement support provision to land reform beneficiaries
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2007
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Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
Abstract
The provision of sound planning and adequate settlement
support within land reform has the potential to make
a profound impact on the livelihoods of many South
Africans. However, the process of providing settlement
support is a layered and complex one and has few local
precedents to guide it. It is therefore of value to reflect
on the attempts made to address land and agrarian
reform, and the associated support strategies deployed,
in other countries and to draw lessons from these where
appropriate. This paper provides some insights into
international experience and attempts to distil the key
areas of strategic value for consideration in developing
a national strategy for support provision to land reform
beneficiaries in South Africa.
Many recent land reform programmes (more specifically,
those under the market-based approach which came
to the fore internationally during the 1990s) have
tended to focus on land acquisition and less on the
requisite settlement support that accompanies it. In
many instances, land acquisition is a highly-charged
political process, with the emphasis on changing land
ownership patterns and less on what occurs thereafter.
As Moyo (2000) suggests, restructuring land ownership
patterns, quite apart from the subsequent use of land,
is the starting point in land and agrarian reforms. The
international literature therefore tends to highlight
struggles around the acquisition of land and provides
less information on developments in the post-acquisition
phase. Furthermore, many of the international examples
include settlement support as an integral component
of the reform process from the outset, making it more
difficult to identify a distinct post-acquisition support
process.
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Settlement support, Land reform, Support provision, Institutional arrangements, Post-settlement strategies
Citation
Tilley, S. (2007). International Comparative Study of Strategies for Settlement Support Provision to Land Reform Beneficiaries. Research Report 26. Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape