TY - JOUR
T1 - Colonial Legacies, Land Policies and the Millennium Development Goals: Lessons from Cameroon and Sierra Leone
AU - Njoh, Ambe J.
AU - Akiwumi, Fenda
PY - 2012/4/1
Y1 - 2012/4/1
N2 - This paper undertakes a comparative analysis of the land policies of Cameroon and Sierra Leone and arrives at the following conclusions: 1] the land policies of the two countries embody the politico-administrative philosophies of their erstwhile colonial master nations; 2] despite their marked differences, the policies share some features in common; and 3] land policies are critical in efforts to achieve the millennium development goals (MDGs). The analysis further shows that: 1] the land policy of Sierra appears better positioned than Cameroon’s to guarantee access to land for all as well as ensure environmental sustainability; and 2] Cameroon’s land policy appears to outperform Sierra Leone’s with respect to fulfilling the preconditions for eradicating extreme poverty and hunger by ensuring land tenure security, maintaining uniform land laws, and facilitating land markets.
AB - This paper undertakes a comparative analysis of the land policies of Cameroon and Sierra Leone and arrives at the following conclusions: 1] the land policies of the two countries embody the politico-administrative philosophies of their erstwhile colonial master nations; 2] despite their marked differences, the policies share some features in common; and 3] land policies are critical in efforts to achieve the millennium development goals (MDGs). The analysis further shows that: 1] the land policy of Sierra appears better positioned than Cameroon’s to guarantee access to land for all as well as ensure environmental sustainability; and 2] Cameroon’s land policy appears to outperform Sierra Leone’s with respect to fulfilling the preconditions for eradicating extreme poverty and hunger by ensuring land tenure security, maintaining uniform land laws, and facilitating land markets.
KW - Cameroon
KW - Colonial land policies
KW - Millennium development goals
KW - Sierra Leone
UR - https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geo_facpub/1972
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2011.08.002
U2 - 10.1016/j.habitatint.2011.08.002
DO - 10.1016/j.habitatint.2011.08.002
M3 - Article
VL - 36
JO - Habitat International
JF - Habitat International
ER -