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This report examines the performance of the commercial farmland market in Namibia during the first 11 years of independence. Aspects such as yearly transactions, movement of land from white into black ownership, gender related aspects of land ownership, and the role of corporations in land ownership are considered. A key underlying question of this paper is whether or not the concept of willing seller willing buyer is working. Willing seller, willing buyer has brought about a slow pace of land redistribution in Namibia. However, there are ways in which reforms and changes in policy can be used to speed the process up. Reforms are needed to better monitor the movement of land into corporate control as this has been a major avenue for avoiding aspects of land reform legislation. There are indications that the amounts provided for by the government to purchase land for resettlement may be too little, and that more funds, both for land purchases and increases in the capacity of the Ministry of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation, are required.
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Introduction |
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Methodology |
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C'est Plus Зa Change, C'est Plus La Meme Chose
("The more things change, the more they stay the same." A popular French saying. ) |
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Rate of Participation by Blacks |
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Gender and the Land Market |
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Corporate Ownership |
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Conclusions |
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References |
Footnote:
- Dr. Ben Fuller and George Eiseb work on the Land Programme at the Social Sciences Division of the Multidisciplinary Research and Consultancy Centre at the University of Namibia
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