Ethiopian economic policy research institute, addis ababa, ethiopia. Land lease policy in addis ababa ethiopian, chamber. Democratic republic of ethiopias fdre predominantly agricultural. Over the coming decades, land policy and administration, for urban as well as rural areas, will. These rules therefore combine some form of efficiency. A case study of land based conflict in oromiya region, based on fieldwork conducted in 2009 and 2010, demonstrates the continuing relevance of these land tenure institutions and associated ideas in land debates in ethiopia, both in terms of the use of these ideas by protagonists as means of justifying land claims, and the ambiguous state. Ethiopia land policy and administration assessment. Framework and considered a prerequisite for economic growth guidelines on land policy in africa land policy in africa. Options and scenarios paper prepared for the future agricultures consortium meeting at the institute of development studies 2022 march 2006 by samuel gebreselassie march 2006.
Pdf is the current land policy of ethiopia the most. Ethiopia is far from perfect since it restricts the different land rights of use. Ethiopia attracts investors with its cheap labor and fertile land. This study is conducted in order to shed light on and investigate the welfare situation for people affected by these investments. Land policy in ethiopia ethiopian economic association. Investments made over the past 50 years by the government of ethiopia and its development partners, including the world bank, the african development bank, and others, to develop the lowland pastoral areas have yielded modest results. This study explores land tenure issues theories, country experiences, and the ethiopian case during the period pre1975 to present and raises fundamental issues for further investigation. The ethiopian business community has responded very positively, as demonstrated by the. Gebre sellasie ethiopian economic policy research institute, addis ababa, ethiopia we have used an extensive data set from ethiopia to study the countrys existing land tenure system from the perspective of farmers and to assess the impacts that this system currently has on. Ethiopia a middle income country by 2025 and realize domestic food security by 2015.
Land governance comprises the rules, processes, and structures through which decisions are made about access to land, land rights, the manner in which the decisions are implemented and enforced, and the way that competing interests in land are managed behnassi et al. A framework to strengthen land rights, enhance productivity and secure livelihoods african union african development bank economic commission for africa how can the land sector play its proper role. Ownership, equity, and liberty in land use rights daniel weldegebriel ambaye, ethiopia key words. Land rights and land grabbing in oromia, ethiopia article in land use policy 703. Important land policy and administration issues for further. Joining forces to discover and celebrate local innovation in land. Land governance assessment framework implementation in ethiopia final country report supported by the world bank prepared zerfu hailu phd with contributions from expert investigators. Land, land policy and smallholder agriculture in ethiopia. Agriculture and ministry of rural development are in the process of merging into one ministry. We use data from the 2009 round of the ethiopian rural. Ethiopia proclaimed that land is a common property of. Land, expropriation, valuation, compensation summary this paper presents the land rights in present ethiopia and the type of valuation system followed during expropriation of land holdings. Land tenure, administration and use in pastoral areas of.
Background land tenure policy in ethiopia has undergone a. Challenge and prospect of ethiopian tourism policy. In october 2010, a fiveyear agricultural growth program agp i was signed between the government of ethiopia goe, and the world bank ida including other development partners. The land issue in ethiopia rural land is both an economic and a politicalsocial question in the presentday ethiopia. Smallholder peasant agriculture, in some areas including forestry, is the dominant sector accounting for. An assessment of urban land lease policy implementation in ethiopia. To enforce these policies, the government privatized some public enterprises and is continuing to promote private sector investment through various incentives. Pdf land had been controlled by the elite kings and their trusted group in ethiopia. Pdf is the current land policy of ethiopia the most feasible one. Land policy there is a great need to help the ethiopian leadership think about how it can modify land policy and administration in ways that will encourage efficient farmers to produce more and improve their land management without reducing their livelihood security. Pdf challenge and prospect of ethiopian tourism policy. Ethiopia land administration and nurture land project. Ethiopia and evoke alternative pathways for the future.
Land is an inalienable common property of the nations, nationalities and peoples of ethiopia. While the current ethiopian government has implemented a land policy that is based on state ownership of land where only usufruct rights are given to land holders, many agricultural economists. Land, land policy and smallholder agriculture in ethiopia future. Ethiopian economic association ethiopian economic policy research institute eeaeepri. In ethiopia land has been central by which the rural community has been implicitly or explicitly tied to the state. Framework and considered a prerequisite for economic. Pdf ethiopia land policy and administration assessment. Land policy in africa thus faces the twin challenges of. Overview of land administration in ethiopia due to the significance of land for a countrys growth and development, experts argue that the need for its. Nevertheless, forestry as an autonomous sector has come to high policy attention and institutional pro.
Pdf land policy in ethiopia has been controversial since the fall of the military. Th is policy and the att endant land administration practices have drawn impassioned debates over the years, to the extent of holding it responsible for all failures in the overall socioeconomic development of urban centers. Studies on implementation of african educational policies no. In tigray state, northern ethiopia, where the detailed research on which this paper is based has been centered, and in the literature concerning land rights and our less indepth research in other parts of ethiopia. The federal democratic republic of ethiopia ministry of w. Where an application to merge an old possession with a lease hold is permitted. Is the current land policy of ethiopia the most feasible one with respect to the economic goals of the country. Whereas, the sustainable rapid economic growth registered across all economic sectors and regions in the country has necessitated continuously and increasingly the demand for urban land which. An assessment of urban land lease policy implementation in. Land policy in ethiopia has been controversial since the fall of the military socialist derg regime in 1991. Review of landholding systems and policies in ethiopia.
Overall, however, the government has made only few substantive changes to the land rights held by ethiopian farmers, with three exceptions. The insertion of the issue of land in the ethiopian constitution in the early 1990s, however, may indicate that rural land has increasingly become a political affair. The merger of the hitherto separate urban and rural land administrations. Does the merger paradox exist even without any regulations. Since the existing land policy forbids land transfer through sale, the only. Land policy therefore needs to secure the rights of all land users and serve the multiple goals of equity, poverty reduction, income growth, economic efficiency and sustainable environmental management. The federal democratic republic of ethiopia ministry of w orks and urban development resettlement policy framework urban local government development project draft no. The study included meetings with stakeholders from the majority of ethiopia s regional states including afar, amhara, harari, oromia, somali, tigray, and southern nations, nationalities, and peoples snnp as well as from the. While the current ethiopian government has implemented a land policy that is based on. A study on the impact of the current land lease law on. To achieve these goals, the government of ethiopia has accepted urban land lease policy as the alternative land tenure system so as to provide a room for individuals and investors to land to use land use rights through transferring from the state to land users.
The proper implementation of the rpf ensures compliance with applicable laws and regulations of the government of ethiopia goe as well as relevant world bank operational policies and procedures. In tigray state, northern ethiopia, where the detailed research on which this paper is based has been centered, and in the literature concerning land rights and our less indepth research in other parts of ethiopia, we have found the same to be true. Although these are only a subset of the issues in which gender differences may be important, they are relevant to current policy discussions and may help inform the future directions of policy reform. It is in response to this call that this land use policy has been developed, incorporating all activities that are likely to have an impact on the use of land and its resources. Land use policy 32 20 186196 187 forest law within the countrys sovereignty was issued in 1965 gebremarkos and deribe, 2001. The countries impressive tourism potential is truly a land of contrast and extremes, a land of remote and wild place, and of spectacular alpine terrainincluding the semien mountain national park with its high 4620 meters peak. The program, financed on the basis of this agreement, has been under implementation in 96 high potential agriculture. National land use policy kenya property developers. Current land policy issues in ethiopia request pdf.
It further examines alternative policy, legislative, institutional and implementation mechanisms, and makes recommendations deduced from a thorough analysis of. Land lease policy in addis ababa l and lease policy in addis ababa 7 the urban land management system and identifying issues and problems underlying the gap between supply and demand. By solomon bekure, abebe mulatu, gizachew abebe and michael roth1 1. Expropriation is a compulsory surrender of land to the government for public purpose activities. For instance, the 1974 government change has followed by radical land use policy reforms in ethiopian history in which land held by the monarchic system for centuries had been handed over to.
Case study of bahir dar, ethiopia by haimanot woldgbrial teferi thesis submitted to the faculty of geoinformation science and earth observation of the university. An assessment of ethiopian land policy from various perspectives. Land rights, holding rights, expropriation, largescale agricultural investment summary from time immemorial, land had been controlled by the elite kings and their trusted followers in ethiopia. Urban land lease policy of ethiopia case study on addis. In addition, this book will enable the reader to understand the pastoralist production system as well as the current pastoral land administration and land use policy in ethiopia. Providing a sound basis for strengthening property rights so as to. Removing limitations of current ethiopian rural land. Ipdc will develop 100,000 ha of land between 2016 and 2025 i. Current land policy issues in etkiopia food and agriculture. Ethiopia s admission policy has been modified more than four times in the last 22 years in favor of investors. Ethiopia that land is the property of the state and the peoples of ethiopia and that its use shall be subject to specific regulation by law. Yet, little is known in a systematic and scholarly fashion of the realities of ethiopian land policy and practice. Land tenure in ethiopia continuity and change, shifting rulers and the quest for state control wibke crewett,1 ayalneh bogale, and benedikt korf the controversy. Ethiopia investment policies and incentives and opportunities.
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