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

Sarah Adelman and Amber Peterman

World Development, 2014, vol. 64, issue C, 583-596

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: land rights; asset ownership; gender; conflict; Africa; Uganda (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.06.031

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