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Securing land property without cadastre
The following article mainly concerns the French-speaking countries to the south of Sahara desert. Nevertheless, it is not a panoramic or comparative picture of problems commonly spread in these countries, but a conceptual reflection. Some aspects could be more relevant for one country than the other, but on the other hand, it would be easy to adapt some conclusions to other countries, by adapting them as necessary. In order to deal with institutional conditions of land property at the same time as securisation, we purposefully think from a long-term perspective, which is necessary in order to understand a recurring failure of costly land reforms that were tried now for many decades. In the end of the text, a complete change of strategy is proposed along with several practical axes, but at this stage, it is done only in order to indicate the stakes and attempt to open an indispensable debate.
