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Land tenure and economic activities in Uganda : a literature review

Pedersen, Rasmus Hundsbæk; Spichiger, Rachel; Alobo, Sarah - 2012

Land is an important asset for people's livelihoods and for economic development in Uganda, where the majority of people live in rural areas. This working paper reviews the literature on Uganda's tenure systems and their relationship with economic activities, focusing primarily on rural...

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Land Law Reform in Uganda : Exploring the Loose Ends

Kakooza, Anthony Conrad - 2010

This paper addresses the present composition of land laws in Uganda and the need for reform. It does not particularly provide a critique on each of the land law legislations neither does it particularly focus on case law principles on the same, a venture which is quite lengthy, to say the least....

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Unintended Consequences of Land Rights Reform : The Case of the 1998 Uganda Land Act

Hunt, Diana - 2004

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Land and Sustainable Industrial Policy in sub-Saharan Africa : The Relationship between Land Tenure and Foreign Investment Strategy in Uganda and Tanzania

Purdon, Mark - 2014

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