On Common Ground – Addressing Land Rights in the African Great Lakes Region
David Betge,
This paper addresses the multi-dimensional causalities of land rights challenges and their interconnections with violent conflict in three countries of the African great Lakes region: Uganda, Burundi and the DR Congo. While each of these countries has its own very specific context and challenges, I argue that there are central commonalities that allow for the drawing of broader lessons for practically working on land rights issues in the great lakes region, based on the experiences of locally-based projects in these three countries as well as the results of academic analysis. The paper uses data from three land rights related projects, one in each of the countries, expert consultations, existing literature and participatory observation in the internal strategy building process of one organization working in all three countries.
Event: Land Governance in an Interconnected World_Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty_2018
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