SCRUTINIZING THE STATUS QUO: GENDER-DISAGGREGATED IMPLICATIONS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATIONS ON PERCEIVED TENURE SECURITY IN MOZAMBIQUE

HOSAENA GHEBRU, FIKIRTE GIRMACHEW

This study examined the drivers of tenure insecurity in Mozambique using a gender-disaggregated data from National Agricultural Survey (TIA) 2014 and a follow up supplemental survey on land tenure. Perceived risk of land expropriation by the government or concession by private investors is used to measure land tenure insecurity. The empirical finding from household level analysis reveals that public tenure risk is higher among female spouses as compared to male heads within the same household. A more disaggregated intra-household analysis also reveals that perceived risk of land expropriation is higher among non-indigenous male heads while female spouse who have access to land are less likely to perceive risk losing land due to government expropriation. The effect of community level social and economic changes: proportion of migrants, land market vibrancy, economic vibrancy and land abundance varies between male and females within the same household and across households. Generally, tenure insecurity is higher in communities with more vibrant land market and economy. Hence, the empirical findings reinforce the need that, beside the efforts made to secure land rights at household and community level in the country, land tenure reforms should consider intra-household dimension in addressing issues of land tenure security.

Event: Land Governance in an Interconnected World_Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty_2018

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