Linking Land Tenure and Use for Shared Prosperity
Asina A. Omari, Aisha Zumo Bade, Naseku Kisambu
In 1990, when the High Court of Tanzania pronounced the judgment in the case of Bernado Ephraim v. Holaria Pastory,there was celebration and jubilation because not only did the case add to the human rights jurisprudence but also changed the landscape of women's land rights under customary law. Between 1990 and 1999 there were developments that culminated to the enactment of the the National Land Policy 1995, the Land Act 1999 and the Village land Act 1999. This period also saw a shift in the economic policies of the country, from a closed economy to a liberalized market economy trying to attract foreign direct investors. With this backdrop the paper will measure the developments thus far and particularly explore community decision-making processes on land acquisition in Tanzania by investors . Gender equality was amongst the cornerstone of the national land policy , thus, this paper will make a critical analysis of womenss engagement in the decision making processes on land investments which will among other things try to understand the nations need for FDI, while at the same time balancing the rights and interests of its people in the acquisition of land. FDI is perceived as a source of revenue and, an avenue for job creation (at the macro level) and an opportunity to bring about development at the local level.
Event: Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2015
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