Resettlement and Gender Dimensions of Land Rights in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda

Citation:

Adelman, Sarah, and Amber Peterman. 2014. “Resettlement and Gender Dimensions of Land Rights in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda.” World Development 64: 583-96.

Authors: Sarah Adelman, Amber Peterman

Keywords: land rights, asset ownership, Gender, conflict, Africa, Uganda

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Summary:
Evidence shows even low levels of land conflict may undermine land governance and management, constrain agricultural productivity, and serve to perpetuate civil violence. This study estimates the effect of conflict-related displacement experiences on gender differentiated land outcomes in Northern Uganda. We exploit exogenous variation in displacement to identify impacts on land among returning households. Results indicate that although female-headed households are disadvantaged in land outcomes, and land outcomes are affected by displacement experience, there is no joint effect in determining post-conflict land outcomes. Policy and programmatic attention to gender in land governance in Uganda should continue to be emphasized.

Topics: Displacement & Migration, Gender, Governance, Post-Conflict Governance, Households, Land Grabbing, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights Regions: Africa, East Africa Countries: Uganda

Year: 2014

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