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Population growth, land allocation and conflict in Mali

Population growth, land allocation and conflict in Mali This study analyses the linkages between rural-to-rural migration as measured by rural population growth and land-tenure conflict in southwestern Mali. Land-tenure rules in Mali are characterized by legal pluralism, leading to ambiguity about who has legal access to land and thereby increasing land-related conflicts. Data from 69 communes (townships) show that communes with less land per person tend to have more land-related conflicts. However, localities that have effective means of allocating land and resolving land-tenure disputes have fewer conflicts. A negative association between population growth rates in the destination areas of major migratory flows and the frequency of land-tenure disputes suggests that migrants are ‘voting with their feet’ in choosing to move to communes that have more effective land-conflict resolution processes. Encouraging more cross-community learning about which conflict-resolution processes work well and developing local conventions that allow village-level decision-making regarding land-tenure conflicts may, therefore, help improve migration outcomes for both the migrants and the host communities. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Area Development and Policy Taylor & Francis

Population growth, land allocation and conflict in Mali

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Population growth, land allocation and conflict in Mali

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This study analyses the linkages between rural-to-rural migration as measured by rural population growth and land-tenure conflict in southwestern Mali. Land-tenure rules in Mali are characterized by legal pluralism, leading to ambiguity about who has legal access to land and thereby increasing land-related conflicts. Data from 69 communes (townships) show that communes with less land per person tend to have more land-related conflicts. However, localities that have effective means of...
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2016 Regional Studies Association
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2379-2957
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2379-2949
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10.1080/23792949.2016.1157444
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Abstract

This study analyses the linkages between rural-to-rural migration as measured by rural population growth and land-tenure conflict in southwestern Mali. Land-tenure rules in Mali are characterized by legal pluralism, leading to ambiguity about who has legal access to land and thereby increasing land-related conflicts. Data from 69 communes (townships) show that communes with less land per person tend to have more land-related conflicts. However, localities that have effective means of allocating land and resolving land-tenure disputes have fewer conflicts. A negative association between population growth rates in the destination areas of major migratory flows and the frequency of land-tenure disputes suggests that migrants are ‘voting with their feet’ in choosing to move to communes that have more effective land-conflict resolution processes. Encouraging more cross-community learning about which conflict-resolution processes work well and developing local conventions that allow village-level decision-making regarding land-tenure conflicts may, therefore, help improve migration outcomes for both the migrants and the host communities.

Journal

Area Development and Policy – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jan 2, 2016

Keywords: Conflict; Governance; Land rights; Population growth; Sub-Saharan Africa; O13; O15; Q24; R52; Конфликт; управление; земельные права; рост населения Африки к югу от Сахары; 冲突、治理、土地权、人口增长、撒哈拉以南非洲地区; Conflicto; gobernanza; derechos de tierras; crecimiento demográfico; África subsahariana

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