Property rights, real estate markets and poverty alleviation in Namibia's urban low income settlements

Mooya, Manya M.; Cloete, Chris

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2009.12.006

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“…By 2025 it is anticipated that 80% of the population of developing countries will live in urban areas (Mooya & Cloete, 2010). Current political and legal systems are failing to provide affordable housing and services to meet the land, housing and basic services needs of these growing populations.…”

Section: A Lack Of Affordable Urban Housing and Prevalence Of Rental mentioning

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Tenure security and household investment decisions for urban sanitation: The case of Dakar, Senegal

Scott

Cotton

Sohail

2013

Habitat International

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This paper explores the relevance of householders' security of tenure to their willingness to pay the capital and operational costs for sanitation in low-income urban areas. When the sanitation norm is self-managed on-site systems, as is the case in many low-income areas of towns and cities, household investment decisions in sanitation are inherently linked to tenure security. Based on evidence gathered in Dakar, Senegal, it is de facto rather than de jure tenure rights that provide sufficient security for household investment in sanitation. We make a critical distinction between willingness to invest and willingness to pay for the capital investment costs and ongoing operational servicing costs of sanitation. Whilst tenants and those with lower tenure security do not invest in capital infrastructure, they are willing to pay for the operational aspects of sanitation services. Current formal policy settings and strategies for urban sanitation tend not to cater for this group; this is a fundamental oversight as these constitute significant and growing segments of the population. Land tenure and sanitation issues need to be considered in an integrated way and the capital and operational costs need to be disaggregated in planning to respond more effectively to the spending decisions of the urban poor. Keywords Urban sanitation On-site sanitation Tenure Household investment Operating costs Dakar Introduction Scott Habitat paper_finalrevised_no ID.docx Click here to view linked References

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Section: A Lack Of Affordable Urban Housing and Prevalence Of Rental mentioning

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Tenure security and household investment decisions for urban sanitation: The case of Dakar, Senegal

Scott

Cotton

Sohail

2013

Habitat International

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“…Previous studies of secure tenure (e.g., Gilbert, 2007) have tended to take the dominant conception of the world development agencies as a starting point to examine how to achieve it or whether it can be achieved (Mooya and Cloete, 2010).…”

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Security of tenure in international development discourse

Obeng‐Odoom

Stilwell

2013

International Development Planning Review

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the global campaign for secure land tenure is being championed by the international development community through the world development agencies which advocate a particular interpretation of 'security of tenure'. Yet, this article shows that there are many meanings of secure tenure and multiple ways of ensuring that tenure is secure. It suggests that, by ignoring other legal, economic and social interpretations and mechanisms for enhancing security of tenure, and advocating one reductionist view, the world development agencies may be reinforcing other forms of deprivation. researchers and policymakers need to maintain a more critical perspective on the particular understanding of security of land tenure adopted by the world development agencies.

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“…Private ownership guarantees a known bundle of property rights with individual property title, certified and protected by government (Alston et al, 1999). Freehold is the highest bundle under private ownership from which other lesser interests, such as leasehold, are created (Mooya, 2009b). Unlike customary properties, Besley and Ghatak (2009) contend that individual title supports exchanging and mortgaging for financial facilities and assures property's optimal value.…”

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Compensation Theories and Expropriation of Customary Property Rights

Kabanga

Mooya

2018

JARER

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Market value is the most common compensation basis for expropriation of both private and customary property rights. Private property rights are generally exchangeable while customary property rights are conceptually not as exchangeable. It is hence critical to analyse the applicability of current compensation theories, which are founded on private property rights, to different property rights and in different social settings. By using existing literature and empirical evidence from Africa and other countries where customary property rights dominate, this paper undertakes a theoretical analysis of the applicability of existing compensation theories and the methodologies used to achieve the desired compensation goals. The analysis concludes that whilst current compensation theories are broadly applicable to customary property rights as they aim to protect property rights and prevent expropriatees from impoverishment, various ontological and methodological factors limit the realisation of these goals in settings dominated by customary properties. Such factors include ontology and dominance of customary property rights, use of market value as a compensation basis, and capacity of compensation assessors. Broadly, these factors lead to inadequate compensation and impoverishment of affected people.

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Property rights, real estate markets and poverty alleviation in Namibia's urban low income settlements

Cited by 12 publications

References 22 publications

Tenure security and household investment decisions for urban sanitation: The case of Dakar, Senegal

Tenure security and household investment decisions for urban sanitation: The case of Dakar, Senegal

Security of tenure in international development discourse

Compensation Theories and Expropriation of Customary Property Rights

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