Towards poverty alleviation in developing countries: An empirical study of the impact of land tenure reforms in Kati, Mali.
Post-colonial land tenure reforms in emerging countries have partly aimed at poverty reduction through equitable land access. However, the poverty rate keeps rising in rural and peri-urban settings in Sub-Saharan Africa dominated by agricultural activities. This article reviews land tenure reforms i...
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| description | Post-colonial land tenure reforms in emerging countries have partly aimed at poverty reduction through equitable land access. However, the poverty rate keeps rising in rural and peri-urban settings in Sub-Saharan Africa dominated by agricultural activities. This article reviews land tenure reforms in Mali, from the year 2000 to 2017 regarding poverty alleviation and evaluates their impacts on indigenous smallholder farmers, using multiple linear and logistic regression models and local experts' elicitations. The results indicate that the advent of land titles as the only definitive evidence of land ownership, following the reforms, has generally weakened customary land management. Smallholder farmers face several barriers to obtaining land titles, limiting equity in land access and security. This has paved way for land markets marred by irregularities and resulted in colossal loss of agricultural lands, which are the main source of rural livelihood. Thus, the reforms have not yielded the intended poverty reduction outcomes. The study recommends that land transfers must be authorised by a single institution, represented at the various administrative levels, which issues an authentic and incorruptible document using appropriate technology. Moreover, since pro-poor provisions in the reforms usually lack implementing decrees in Mali, political will is key to achieving equitable land access and security. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2e5b208bc15d43eaa9bf1851618f97752022-12-21T20:11:54ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032021-01-01163e024650210.1371/journal.pone.0246502Towards poverty alleviation in developing countries: An empirical study of the impact of land tenure reforms in Kati, Mali.Brahima CoulibalyGideon SagoeLi ShixiangPost-colonial land tenure reforms in emerging countries have partly aimed at poverty reduction through equitable land access. However, the poverty rate keeps rising in rural and peri-urban settings in Sub-Saharan Africa dominated by agricultural activities. This article reviews land tenure reforms in Mali, from the year 2000 to 2017 regarding poverty alleviation and evaluates their impacts on indigenous smallholder farmers, using multiple linear and logistic regression models and local experts' elicitations. The results indicate that the advent of land titles as the only definitive evidence of land ownership, following the reforms, has generally weakened customary land management. Smallholder farmers face several barriers to obtaining land titles, limiting equity in land access and security. This has paved way for land markets marred by irregularities and resulted in colossal loss of agricultural lands, which are the main source of rural livelihood. Thus, the reforms have not yielded the intended poverty reduction outcomes. The study recommends that land transfers must be authorised by a single institution, represented at the various administrative levels, which issues an authentic and incorruptible document using appropriate technology. Moreover, since pro-poor provisions in the reforms usually lack implementing decrees in Mali, political will is key to achieving equitable land access and security.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246502 |
| spellingShingle | Brahima Coulibaly Gideon Sagoe Li Shixiang Towards poverty alleviation in developing countries: An empirical study of the impact of land tenure reforms in Kati, Mali. PLoS ONE |
| title | Towards poverty alleviation in developing countries: An empirical study of the impact of land tenure reforms in Kati, Mali. |
| title_full | Towards poverty alleviation in developing countries: An empirical study of the impact of land tenure reforms in Kati, Mali. |
| title_fullStr | Towards poverty alleviation in developing countries: An empirical study of the impact of land tenure reforms in Kati, Mali. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards poverty alleviation in developing countries: An empirical study of the impact of land tenure reforms in Kati, Mali. |
| title_short | Towards poverty alleviation in developing countries: An empirical study of the impact of land tenure reforms in Kati, Mali. |
| title_sort | towards poverty alleviation in developing countries an empirical study of the impact of land tenure reforms in kati mali |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246502 |
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