Re-thinking responsible customary land governance and fiduciary relations
Rexford Ahene
As customary land becomes more commoditized, the political economy threads of customary land trusteeship have crossed with the symbolic ones, but these have seldom been tied in contemporary customary land governance reform literature. This paper is an exploratory attempt to examine traditional fiduciary culture and customary land use management as an important area of research not well explored. An intellectual itch never really scratched. The overall goal is to suggest a framework of analysis for policy, legal and institutional reforms. The paper raises three questions: What is the trusteeship idea under customary land law? What are the land governance issues of relevance to the commoditization of customary land? What policy interventions can reverse the abuse of traditional rights of citizens by their trustees?
Event: Land Governance in an Interconnected World_Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty_2018
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