Widman, Marit
- Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Sammanfattning
This contribution examines Madagascar's land tenure reform - aimed at reducing land tenure insecurity - from a gender perspective. In particular, it investigates the certification program issuing formal land title deeds (land certificates) to landholders. Drawing on a household survey with gender-disaggregated asset data conducted in the rural municipality Soavinandriana, the analysis suggests that the certification program has strengthened both men's and women's formal claims to individually held land. However, the lack of gender equality principles and, in particular, of mechanisms to ensure that couples' jointly held land is jointly secured, seems to have reinforced primary ownership of land by male household heads, at the expense of women's land rights. Furthermore, the land tenure reform does not address some of the most important threats to tenure security such as colonial titles and commercial pressure on land, and large parts of the country are still not covered by the certification program.
Nyckelord
institutions; Gender inequality; land; survey research; intrahousehold allocation; rural economic development
Publicerad i
Feminist Economics
2014, volym: 20, nummer: 1, sidor: 130-154
SLU författare
Globala målen (SDG)
SDG5 Jämställdhet
SDG10 Minska ojämlikhet
UKÄ forskningsämne
Genusstudier
Nationalekonomi
Publikationens identifierare
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2013.873136
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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/66476