Category Archives: Global Land Policy

South Africa’s reforms aim to address apartheid‑era dispossession using market‑based redistribution, tenure reform, and restitution. Despite political commitment, implementation challenges ...

Ukraine moved from collective farming to private ownership beginning in 1990, maintained a long‑standing ban on farmland sales, and then ...

The Philippines adopted a market‑led approach that restructures tenure, expands farmers’ rights, and aims to reduce inequality. Implementation has faced ...

Brazil’s land reform includes redistribution from large estates and strong civil‑society involvement, particularly the Landless Workers’ Movement. Studies highlight Brazil ...

Namibia has undertaken compensated, market‑led redistribution to correct colonial‑era inequalities, redistributing portions of commercial farmland to Black Namibians through efforts ...

Nigeria’s land governance is anchored in the Land Use Act of 1978, which vests all land in the state and ...

The U.S. has a long history of land‑related reforms, including Field Order 15 (1865) aimed at redistributing land t ...