3: Multiple Rights and Interests in Land

From: I.D.E. Occasional Papers Series | Date: January 1, 2002| Author: Anonymous | Copyright information

This chapter presents a detailed analysis of land related institutions and rights, with specific reference made to the following three points. First, land rights in rural southern Ghana are held concurrently by multiple parties. For example, the traditional divisional chief holds land as the custodian of the people. Beneath him, citizens and their lineage members hold rights to actual use of the land. Migrants who acquired land from a divisional chief also hold the effective land use right. M...

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