Recognition of the right of the poor to land is vital to forestall future conflicts over ownership and access to productive assets in post-war Angola. There is concern that the 2004 Land Law potentially weakens small holders’ and peri-urban occupants’ tenure rights, the majority of whom do not have formal, and/or legal, land titles, in favour of those with privileged access to registered land titles.
For the urban poor, most of whom have fled to the city during conflict years, the acquisition of a housing plot and subsequent construction of a residence is the only means of wealth accumulation and a principal crisis-coping mechanism. The population of Luanda has grown eight fold since independence and most of the settlement and housing plot acquisition has been through the informal land market. Three quarters of the residents of the peri-urban districts of Luanda have no clear legal title to the land that they occupy.
Development Workshop has taken a lead in research and advocacy on land tenure issues and helped to found the Rede de Terra (or the Land Network), a grouping of civil society organisations created to facilitate discussion among communities on ideas and concerns around the land issue. DW has engaged the Government on land tenure policy reform and is building municipal capacity in local land management and titling.
SOS Habitat Conferencia da Imprensa: Direito a Habitação e o Acesso a Terra Em Luanda
No dia 23 de Julho do 2013, SOS HABITAT-ANGOLA apresentou em conferencia de imprensa, a situacao dos direitos humanos em Luanda durante o primeiro semestre de 2013, com realce o …
Read morePaul Jenkins e Harry Smith: Na missão com DW sobre desenvolvimento urbano em Huambo
Professor Paul Jenkins e Dr. Harry Smith, diretor do Centro de Meio Ambiente e Assentamentos Humanos (CEHS) de Edimburgo, passou duas semanas em Angola, com a Development Workshop em Junho …
Read moreAngola: Land Resources and Conflict
Author: Allan Cain. Published in PCNRM, Vol. 2-014. Angola is often cited as a classic case of natural resources sustaining a conflict (Hodges 2001). Angola’s protracted civil war (1975–2002) was …
Read moreCadastros como Ferramenta para Gestão Urbana – Maio 2013
Massamba Dominique e Moises Festo da Unidade de Sistema de Informação Geográfica da Development Workshop e a equipe do Programa de Posse de Terra, colaborou para dar um treinamento no …
Read moreCurso Para Administradores dos Munipios Urbanas – Maio 2013
Director do Development Workshop Allan Cain apresentou este curso no Instituto de Formação da Administração Local (IFAL) em Luanda a semana de 27 maio, 2013. Ver apresentações em powerpoint e …
Read moreImproving Land Tenure Security in Huambo, Angola
With support from the Cities Alliance and co-funding from UKaid, the Tenure Security Facility Southern Africa project provides small-scale, targeted advisory services on incrementally securing tenure in slum upgrading initiatives. …
Read moreMercados de Terra Urbana e Microfinanças para Habitação em Angola
NOVAFRICA, juntamente com o Centro de Pesquisa Econômica e Social da Faculdade de Economia da Universidade Agostinho Neto, realizou um workshop sobre mercados de habitação e urbanização na África sub-saariana. …
Read more2013 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, Washington DC: Participatory Inclusive Land Readjustment in Huambo, Angola
Development Workshop’s director Allan Cain presented a paper and PowerPoint presentation at the Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty in Washington DC titled ‘Participatory Inclusive Land Readjustment in …
Read moreParticipatory Inclusive Land Readjustment in Huambo, Angola
Author: Allan Cain, Beat Weber & Moises Festo. Development Workshop’s director Allan Cain presented this paper at the Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty on April 9, 2013 …
Read moreTeaching case study: Angola and informal land tenure arrangements
Author: Development Workshop & Urban LandMark. This teaching case study draws on research that investigated the extensive informal land market in Luanda, Angola. It examines how urban land is transacted …
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