@article{fdi:010078982,
  title = {{A}nalyzing the {B}enin {L}and {L}aw : an alternative viewpoint of progress},
  author = {{L}avigne {D}elville, {P}hilippe},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{E}kpodessi and {N}akamura recently published in {L}and {U}se {P}olicy a paper on the 2013 {B}enin {L}and {L}aw, the stated objective of which was to evaluate its effectiveness. {T}he 2013 {L}and {L}aw is mainly limited to reforming land administration bodies and does not alter the underpinnings of existing land law. {O}n the contrary, it reaffirms the focus on private ownership and aims at simplifying and reducing the costs for accessing a land title. {A} new agency responsible for land administration has been created and just began to deliver titles, but needed policy tools were not yet in place at time of writing. {I}t is thus too early to evaluate the new law's effectiveness. {I}n any event, this paper questions the assumptions and the content of the {B}enin {L}and {L}aw and its ability to positively address land issues. {T}he paper argues that effectiveness cannot be assessed without a conceptual frame of reference and associated methodology for critique. {O}n the basis on the author's in depth field research on land policy processes in {B}enin over many years, another viewpoint is offered on key findings in {E}kpodessi and {N}akamura's paper.},
  keywords = {{L}and law ; {P}olicy analysis ; {I}mplementation ; {E}valuation ; {L}egal pluralism ; {R}esearch methodology ; {BENIN}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{L}and {U}se {P}olicy},
  volume = {94},
  numero = {},
  pages = {104521 [3 ]},
  ISSN = {0264-8377},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104521},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010078982},
}