Assessing the Impacts of Expropriation and Compensation on Livelihood of Farmers: The Case of Peri-Urban Debre Markos, Ethiopia

Dires, Tilahun; Fentie, Derjew; Hunie, Yeneneh; Nega, Worku; Tenaw, Mulugeta; Agegnehu, Sayeh Kassaw; Mansberger, Reinfried

doi:10.3390/land10060614

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“…Cao and Zhang (2018) compared the land-taken and land-kept farmers' perceptions towards land compensation standards and the land expropriation procedure's openness and fairness. In Ethiopia, unfair and inappropriate land expropriation compensation was revealed as a result of ignoring legal procedures, leading to serious problems for peri-urban farmers, such as food insecurity and social and family disintegration (Dires et al, 2021). Comparatively, there are few studies of land expropriation and housing demolition in tourism development.…”

Section: Housing Demolition and Land Expropriationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Residents’ social capital in rural tourism development: Guanxi in housing demolition

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Wang

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Journal of Destination Marketing & Management

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Section: Housing Demolition and Land Expropriationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Residents’ social capital in rural tourism development: Guanxi in housing demolition

Dai

Fan

Wang

et al. 2021

Journal of Destination Marketing & Management

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“…In the case of Burayu Town, the valuation of expropriated properties was undertaken by committee members assigned from various sector offices; not because they have the capacity, but because the job has to be done: only 2 Property Valuation Committee members (25%) declared they know the expropriation law and regulation well while the rest said they accepted the task only because they were assigned by their department. As revealed in this study, the members of the property valuation committee were usually assigned based on factors which may include general personal integrity, the social standing of the person among his colleagues and loyalty to the political system as elsewhere in Ethiopia, but without due regard for valuation expertise (Yirsaw, 2012; Dires et al ., 2021).…”

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“…Urban renewal, redevelopment and expansion of urban centers, zoning for industrial development corridors and the transfer of rural agricultural lands to investors at large scale have demanded land use changes and transfer of land rights. Expropriation is expected to continue as the country requires more land for its rapid urbanization to achieve its policy objective of becoming a middle-income and more urbanized country by 2030 (Dires et al ., 2021; FDRE, 2021).…”

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Assessment of the dichotomy between public ownership of land, expropriation laws and practices in Ethiopia: the case of Burayu town

Talema

Nigusie

2023

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PurposeThis study aims to investigate key aspects of public ownership of land, expropriation and compensation laws and practices in Ethiopia with special reference to Burayu Town.Design/methodology/approachA mixed research technique of descriptive and analytic approach is applied in the research. This study used a purposive sampling technique to select case study counties and a systematic method for sampling households. Questionnaire surveys, focus group discussions, interviews and observations were used to collect empirical data. Average, percentage and paired-sample t-test analyses are used for quantitative data analysis.FindingsSignificant discrepancies exist between the expropriation laws and how property valuation and compensation are practiced in Ethiopia. The findings include the arbitrariness in designating public interest status to projects; unfair property valuation practice that neglects location factor to determine market value due to a skewed understanding of public ownership of land; and the assignment of property valuators who have no valuation expertise and proper knowledge of expropriation related laws. Findings revealed the socio-economic status of expropriated households has deteriorated due to the expropriation of their landholding.Research limitations/implicationsIt was difficult to locate the relocated persons as they were resettled in different localities. Furthermore, the town officers were not forthcoming to provide complete information on the expropriation and compensation procedures they followed. However, this study overcame the limitations through persistent requests and availing time for the data gathering.Practical implicationsThe findings indicated the need to redefine relationships between public ownership of land, public interest and expropriation of landholding. A proper understanding of the triad will pave the way for better expropriation practice in Ethiopia and in countries where land is under public ownership.Social implicationsThe social implication of the study revealed that the socio-economic situation of relocated persons was adversely affected due to the poor implementation of laws.Originality/valueThe disparity between public ownership of land and the rights of citizens on landholding is misunderstood by policymakers. Research has shown for the first time the root cause for the discontent of expropriated persons in Ethiopia.

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“…There is an assumption that location and building types have meaning to landholders when it comes to tenure security. Landholders who hold land in the Central Business District (CBD) and other prime lands where the values of land and property increases are always living in fear of expropriation or pressure of involuntary relocation to the periphery (Jimenez, 1983;Feldman & Geisler, 2012;and Dires, et al, 2021). Furthermore, land use types can be attached to locations where land value and prices are linked to selective use.…”

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Factors of Tenure Security for Legal Landholders in Urban Areas: The Case of Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia

Turimubumwe

Getie

2022

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This study examines the relationship between the dependent variable that is ‘feeling of tenure security’ of landholders in Bahir Dar city and the possible determinant factors (independent variables) such as ‘land use type of a parcel’, ‘building type constructed on a parcel’, ‘adequacy of legal provisions’, ‘institutional capacity’, ‘awareness of the landholder about the existing legal provisions of land tenure’, and ‘location of the parcel’ derived from different empirical evidences and practices. And the study also explores the perceptions of the landholders of Bahir Dar city about their land tenure security. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected through desk review, observation, structured and semi-structured interview. Content analysis for reviewed books and articles was applied. Also, inferential statistics and descriptive analysis of data for all independent and dependent variables were used to analyse the quantitative data. Additionally, critical examination of respondents’ personal perceptions about tenure security on the area was used to analyse the qualitative data. The results showed that the aggregate contribution of those considered independent variables were 74.3% to the effect on feeling of tenure security. It is also revealed that there are five significant predictor variables for felling of tenure security in Bahir Dar city. But ‘building type’ is the most significant determinant of all variables. Contrary to the empirical evidence the results indicate that awareness of legal provision correlated negatively with security feeling. This study found that the feeling of tenure security for landholders in Bahir Dar city are not much affected by ‘land use type of a parcel’, ‘institutional capacity’, and ‘location of the parcel’. Rather other factors like noise, misbehaviour of neighbours, projected road upgrading, heavy traffic and accidents may push someone to feel insecure and leave the place.

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Assessing the Impacts of Expropriation and Compensation on Livelihood of Farmers: The Case of Peri-Urban Debre Markos, Ethiopia

Cited by 18 publications

References 48 publications

Residents’ social capital in rural tourism development: Guanxi in housing demolition

Residents’ social capital in rural tourism development: Guanxi in housing demolition

Assessment of the dichotomy between public ownership of land, expropriation laws and practices in Ethiopia: the case of Burayu town

Factors of Tenure Security for Legal Landholders in Urban Areas: The Case of Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia

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