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.
Strengthening Land Tenure and Property Rights in Angola
Strategy For Linking Improvements in Land Tenure With Enterprise Development in the Huambo Region
This report contains a review of lessons learned by other USAID-funded enterprise development and microfinance projects in Benguela Province, an assessment of enterprise development opportunities related to land tenure in …
Read moreConcessao e Regularizaca de Terras em areas Peri-Urbanas
Author: Development Workshop. O presente guia, elaborado e apresentado pelo Governo de Angola, através do Ministério do Urbanismo e Ambiente, com apoio metodológico da DW, é parte dos esforços do …
Read moreStrenghtening Land Tenure and Property Rights in Angola: Benchmarking Survey for Pilot Sites
Author: Beat Weber. This survey was carried out by Development Workshop for the USAID Angola’s Land Tenure Strengthening Project which is managed by ARD with implementation assistance from its partners, …
Read moreMANAGING LAND-RELATED DISPUTES IN THE LAND RIGHTS FORMALIZATION PROCESS
Development Workshop worked with ARD and its partner, the Rural Development Institute (RDI) to implement a program supported by USAID called “Strenghtening Land Tenure and Property Rights in Angola”. The program …
Read moreStrengthening Land Tenure and Property Rights in Angola
Development Workshop worked with ARD and its partner, the Rural Development Institute (RDI) to implement a program supported by USAID called “Strenghtening Land Tenure and Property Rights in Angola”. The program …
Read moreWomen Property Rights in Post-Conflict Angola
Development Workshop worked with ARD and its partner, the Rural Development Institute (RDI) to implement a program supported by USAID called “Strenghtening Land Tenure and Property Rights in Angola”. The …
Read moreWomen Property Rights – Project BestPractices
Development Workshop worked with ARD and its partner, the Rural Development Institute (RDI) to implement a program supported by USAID called “Strenghtening Land Tenure and Property Rights in Angola”. The program …
Read moreTerra (English)
Based on pioneering research on urban land access in Angola by the NGO, Development Workshop, and the UK-based Centre for Environment & Human Settlements, this book argues that the so-called …
Read moreLand Tenure and Property Rights Assessment for Angola
Angola’s 27 years of civil war created many problems that further compound the land challenges faced by the country. The war disrupted and changed customary land use and allocation (for …
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