Land Disputes in Liberia: Views from Below, 2008
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Year:
2009
Organization / Publisher / Reference:
Afrobarometer Briefing Paper No. 72, October 2009.
Areas:
Post-conflict Reconstruction
Sub-topic:
Land disputes
Publicly available?:
yes
Method:
Multi-stage, area probability sampling of citizens of voting age.
Sample size (n):
1 200
Main findings:
This is a policy brief on the main reasons behind land disputes in Liberia. Findings include: Popular ranking for causes of conflict puts land disputes at the top of the list. Urban areas see more frequent conflicts compared to rural.
Further research recommendations:
Future government policies on land should favor market based or government -based redistribution of land over inheritance.
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