Author : Solomon dessalegn dibaba
Keyword : Tenure security, social equity, ethiopia, land policy and poor peasant farmers.
Subject : Law
Article Type : Review article
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Abstract : The 1995 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) Constitution declared the continuity of Derg land policy of state ownership. The argument forwarded by the ruling body for the continuation of Derg land policy as public or state property is to ensure tenure security and social equity. Based on these points the paper in its objective focused on the rationality behind of continuing Derg’s land policy: whether for addressing the issue of tenure security and social equity, or other rationality. To address these issues the writer employed doctrinal type of methods because it mainly based on review of secondary sources of data that includes short writing on the subject matter or paper or books or journals. It adds personal observation. The result of review of different literature clearly indicates that the debate as to land policy from the transition period is more of ideological/political ambitions rather than being based on theoretical foundation and emperical argument. The previous and current government has taken an interventionist approach to land for political power than ensuring tenure security and social equity. The other is private or state ownership of land policy centered only on single tenure arrangement ignoring opinions and interest of concerned society at large, and social, cultural and historical contexts of the larger society. As a result of this until today the issue of tenure security and social equity as to land remain unanswered in Ethiopia.
Article by : Solomon Dessalegn Dibaba
Article add date : 2022-01-27
How to cite : Solomon dessalegn dibaba. (2022-January-27). Assessing the tenure security and social equity under ethiopia land policy. retrieved from https://www.openacessjournal.com/abstract/1008