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.
Dossier Temático Sobre Terra 2014 – 2016
O dossiêr é apoiado pela União Europeia e inclui todos os artigos publicados sobre Terra e questões afins que foram publicados nos meios de comunicação públicos, privados e comunitários de …
Read moreParticipatory Inclusive Land Readjustment in Angola
Participatory Inclusive Land Readjustment in Angola presented by Allan Cain, Development Workshop, to the Workshop on Sustainable Urban Land Use Planning. Seoul, Korea, May 30-June 2, 2016.
Read moreProjecto de Gestão de Terras no Planalto Central de Angola
Development Workshop e World Vision lançou o Projecto de Gestão de Terras no Planalto Central de Angola em 28 de Novembro de 2014 na Kuito, província do Bié. A 9 de Abril 2014, a União Europeia e a Organização …
Read moreAllan Cain presentation to UN Habitat Expert Working Meeting in Nairobi Kenya
DW Director Allan Cain presented on “Participatory & Inclusive Community Land Readjustment in Huambo, Angola” to the UN Habitat Expert Group Meeting on Slum Upgrading Using Participatory and Inclusive Land …
Read moreAllan Cain – Promoção do Direito à Terra Urbana em Angola
O diretor da Development Workshop Allan Cain apresentou um relatório na forma de uma apresentação do PowerPoint para o pessoal da União Europeia no dia 26 de novembro de 2013. …
Read moreHuambo Land Readjustments: Urban Legal Case Studies
The monograph published by UN Habitat features case studies on two Developmment Workshop projects on land readjustment in Huambo, Angola. The monograph provides an opportunity to learn about the potential, …
Read moreAllan Cain – Community Land Sharing – UN Habitat workshop in Istanbul Turkey
Development Workshop’s Director Allan Cain presented a paper on DW’s work at the PILaR Book Project Workshop at Istanbul Technical University which ran from October 22 to 23, 2013 in …
Read moreCarlos Figueiredo – Direitos de posse da terra na Radio Ecclesia
DW Huambo Representante, Carlos Figueiredo, participou num debate sobre os direitos de posse da terra na Rádio Ecclesia na manhã de sábado, dia 5 de outubro de 2013. Painelistas incluída …
Read moreSegurança da Posse da Terra na África Austral Workshop
A equipe Development Workshop participou num workshop de aprendizagem regional do projecto para a Segurança da Posse da Terra na África Austral. Este evento aconteceu nos escritórios do Banco Mundial …
Read moreIncrementally Securing Tenure
Author: Urban LandMark & Cities Alliance. This publication reflects on promising practices that have emerged through the work of the Tenure Security Facility Southern Africa (TSFSA), funded by the Cities …
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