Shifting visions of property under competing political regimes: changing uses of Côte d'Ivoire's 1998 Land Law

Boone, Catherine

doi:10.1017/s0022278x18000198

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“…Thereby, the two civil wars in Côte d'Ivoire since 2002 are to a certain extent attributable to the extremely successful expansion of cocoa production [84]. Today, reforms to land tenure and formalization processes continue to reflect disparities between social groups and remain a source of tension in the country [83,85]. In addition to being a potential source of conflict, the exclusion of groups from a secured access to land may hamper their investments into trees and other agro-ecological practices, and thereby hinder the expansion of agroforestry systems and its associated societal benefits.…”

Section: Côte D'ivoirementioning

confidence: 99%

Social Cohesion as the Missing Link between Natural Resource Management and Peacebuilding: Lessons from Cocoa Production in Côte d’Ivoire and Colombia

Löhr

Aruqaj

Baumert³

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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Social cohesion plays a key role in processes of peacebuilding and sustainable development. Fostering social cohesion might present a potential to enhance the connection of natural resource management and peacebuilding and better functioning of sustainable land use systems. This contribution explores the nexus between social cohesion, natural resource management, and peacebuilding. We do so by (1) reviewing literature on the three concepts and (2) studying four different key action areas in the context of sustainable cocoa production for their potential to enhance social cohesion, namely (a) agroforestry; (b) cooperatives; (c) certification schemes; and (d) trade policies. Research is based on experience from cocoa production in two post-conflict countries, Côte d’Ivoire and Colombia. Our findings show that by fostering environmentally sustainable agricultural practices, these key action areas have a clear potential to foster social cohesion among cocoa producers and thus provide a valuable contribution to post-conflict peacebuilding in both countries. However, the actual effects strongly depend on a multitude of local factors which need to be carefully taken into consideration. Further, the focus in implementation of some of these approaches tends to be on increasing agricultural productivity and not directly on fostering cocoa farmers’ wellbeing and societal relations, and hence a shift toward social objectives is needed in order to strengthen these approaches as a part of overall peacebuilding strategies.

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Section: Côte D'ivoirementioning

confidence: 99%

Social Cohesion as the Missing Link between Natural Resource Management and Peacebuilding: Lessons from Cocoa Production in Côte d’Ivoire and Colombia

Löhr

Aruqaj

Baumert³

et al. 2021

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“…During his decade in office (2000–2011), Gbagbo undertook to deliver on the protective and autochthony-affirming promises of the new land law, especially in his core regions of political support in the west. With donor funding, the government introduced a village demarcation programme to lay the foundation for certification and titling (Boone 2018). In the regions and villages, pro-Gbagbo elites reinforced the insistence on autochthones’ claims to land that had been ceded (or lent) to in-migrants in the past.…”

Section: Côte D'ivoire Land Rights Formalisation: From the 1998 Law To Pilot Programmesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Push, pull and push-back to land certification: regional dynamics in pilot certification projects in Côte d'Ivoire

Boone

Bado²,

Dion

et al. 2021

J. Mod. Afr. Stud.

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Since 2000, many African countries have adopted land tenure reforms that aim at comprehensive land registration (or certification) and titling. Much work in political science and in the advocacy literature identifies recipients of land certificates or titles as ‘programme beneficiaries’, and political scientists have modelled titling programmes as a form of distributive politics. In practice, however, rural land registration programmes are often divisive and difficult to implement. This paper tackles the apparent puzzle of friction around rural land certification. We study Côte d'Ivoire's rocky history of land certification from 2004 to 2017 to identify political economy variables that may give rise to heterogeneous and even conflicting preferences around certification. Regional inequalities, social inequalities, and regional variation in pre-existing land tenure institutions are factors that help account for friction or even resistance around land titling, and thus the difficult politics that may arise around land tenure reform. Land certification is not a public good or a private good for everyone.

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“…This was most assuredly not a law designed to promote social harmony. While this statute's history is complex and equivocal (Chauveau 2009), one of the law's aims was to exclude foreign residents from being able to legally purchase property (Boone 2018).…”

Section: Formalising Land For Peacementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The crisis came to an end in 2011 with the victory of the rebel forces, the appointment of President Alassane Ouattara, and the Frenchsupported extradition of former leader Laurent Gbagbo to The Hague. As Ouattara's main electoral base was in the north and among northern migrants in the south, he was generally viewed as supportive of their cause (Boone 2018).…”

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From war to wealth? Land policies and the peace economy in Côte d’Ivoire

Grajales

2020

Review of African Political Economy

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This article studies the production of economic domination after the end of the Ivorian armed conflict. It investigates the interaction between post-conflict development policies, people's expectations and fears unleashed by the end of war, and the capacity of local actors to establish external alliances. The inquiry focuses on a region located at the margins of the conflict, but at the core of post-war development schemes. In this warless land, policies implemented in the name of peace provide resources for dominant actors seeking to consolidate their position, thus reinforcing the social structures of agrarian capitalism that had been challenged during the war. RésuméCet article étudie la production de la domination économique après la fin du conflit armé ivoirien. Il analyse l'interaction entre les politiques de développement et sortie de conflit, les attentes et les craintes déclenchées par la fin de la guerre, et la capacité des acteurs locaux à établir des alliances externes. L'enquête se concentre sur une région située en marge du conflit, mais au coeur des programmes de développement post-conflit. Dans cette terre sans guerre, les politiques mises en oeuvre au nom de la paix fournissent des ressources aux acteurs dominants qui cherchent à consolider leur position, renforçant ainsi les structures sociales du capitalisme agraire qui avaient été mises en cause pendant la guerre.

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Shifting visions of property under competing political regimes: changing uses of Côte d'Ivoire's 1998 Land Law

Cited by 12 publications

References 22 publications

Social Cohesion as the Missing Link between Natural Resource Management and Peacebuilding: Lessons from Cocoa Production in Côte d’Ivoire and Colombia

Social Cohesion as the Missing Link between Natural Resource Management and Peacebuilding: Lessons from Cocoa Production in Côte d’Ivoire and Colombia

Push, pull and push-back to land certification: regional dynamics in pilot certification projects in Côte d'Ivoire

From war to wealth? Land policies and the peace economy in Côte d’Ivoire

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