Compulsory Land Acquisition in Ghana - Policy and Praxis
By W. O. Larbi, A. Antwi, P. Olomolaiye. 2004
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Abstract Compulsory land acquisition powers have been used extensively in Ghana since colonial times, as the main means of the state's access to land for development. The underlying principle is supremacy of the state over people and their private property, and is aimed at providing land for public and social amenities, correcting economic and social inefficiencies in private market operations and providing greater equity and social justice in the distribution of land. The paper analyses compulsory acquisition practice in Ghana in the light of these principles. It argues that few of the presumed principles have been met. Rather compulsory land acquisition has resulted in adverse socio-economic consequences including in landlessness, poverty and heightened tension in state-community relationship. The paper advocates for a new legal and institutional environment for employing compulsory acquisition powers.
Subfields: Law, Soil Science, Urban Studies
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Citations in the corpus
- How and why chiefs formalise land use in recent times: the politics of land dispossession through biofuels investments in Ghana (2014, background): “In spite of chiefs’ resilience to maintain a continuous exercise of authority over land, large-scale land allocations for projects remained the sole responsibility of governments or state institutions (Larbi, Antwi, and Olomolaiye 2004; Ghana Lands Commission 2012).”
- Policy and praxis of land acquisition in China (2007, background): “As a result, extensive literature exists on impacts of land rights, access to and tenure security on economic development, social advance and justice, poverty reduction, and political implications (Larbi et al., 2004; Misra, 1991; Nyambara, 2001; Skyner, 2001; Barbier, 1997).”