LAND GOVERNANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: MISSING LINK BETWEEN RESEARCH, POLICY, AND STAKEHOLDERS' NEEDS IN AFRICAN SOCIETIES
Michael Kirk
Philipps Universität Marburg, Germany
Land problems in Africa generate new challenges for governments, private sector and civil society to develop instruments to address them. “Land governance” has become a guiding paradigm for holistic concepts combining land economics, administration, management and their contributions to SDGs. How to integrate land governance into African postgraduate training? The paper discusses, with an economic focus, objectives, outcomes, and content of a master course concept in land governance. It identifies economic theories to address complex governance issues; it highlights dynamics and their impact on land governance. It considers links to other policies in a rural and urban context. Contributions to environmental goals become clear. Not only the role of the state is at issue, the same is true for functions of private business and stakeholders in civil society. In future multi-layer governance is required for; more complex models be applied. Experiences to measure impact will be discussed as well.
Event: Land Governance in an Interconnected World_Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty_2018
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