Innovating Institutions to Help Land Reform Beneficiaries

Principal Investigators: Michael Roth, Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin; Michael C. Lyne, University of Natal

Publications & Outputs   |   Project Proposal

Problem & Objective
Group ownership has become a feature of farm restructuring programs in Central Asia and land reform programs in Southern Africa. By helping to identify and resolve the social, institutional, and organizational problems associated with group ownership, BASIS endeavors to develop institutional models that increase enterprise profitability and to improve the livelihoods and asset holdings of the rural poor.

Research Context
This project conducts research on organizational and institutional innovations to improve the viability of equity-sharing projects in Kyrgyzstan and KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. This is an action-oriented program that: uses case study methods to identify the institutional and financial problems that constrain the operation of equity-sharing schemes; determines 'best practices' for deepening beneficiaries' access to resources and encouraging their productive use; and applies these best practices in the design of a limited number of new experimental equity-sharing projects.

Policy Implications
This project proposes to improve the viability of equity-sharing projects and influence the policy debate over their role in farm restructuring and land redistribution. Identifying 'best practices' will help broaden benefits in countries that are redistributing land or restructuring their agricultural sector.

Publications and Outputs

BASIS Briefs   |   Other Publications   |    Trip Reports

• Farmland Redistribution in KwaZulu-Natal, 1997-2003, by M.C, Lyne and S.R.D. Ferrer. June 2006. 4 pages. (BASIS Brief 48)
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• Making Co-ownership Work: Helping Land Reform Beneficiaries Access Land and Financial Resources through Equity Sharing in South AfricaK, by Mike Lyne and Michael Roth. May 2004, 4 pages. (Basis Brief no. 20)
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• Innovating Institutions to Help Land Reform Beneficiaries, by Mike Lyne and Michael Roth, with assistance from Malcolm Childress and Roman Mogilevsky. February 2002, 4 pages. (Basis Brief no. 8)
  [Adobe Acrobat PDF 173K]

• Farmland Transfers in KwaZulu-Natal, 1997-2003: A Focus on Land Redistribution Including Restitution, by MC Lyne and SRD Ferrer, April 2006. 16 pages.
  [Adobe Acrobat PDF 84K]
• Establishing Farm-based Equity-share Schemes in KwaZulu-Natal: Lessons from USAID’s BASIS Research Programme, conference proceedings edited by Michael Lyne and Michael Roth, November 2004, 70 p.
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• Criteria to Monitor the Poverty Alleviation, Empowerment and Institutional Performance of Equity-share Schemes in South African Agriculture, by B.C. Gray, M.C. Lyne, and S.R.D. Ferrer. (Revised) December 2004, 26 p.
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• Are Rural Women Disadvantaged in Asset Ownership and Business Relations in the Kyrgyz Republic? by Renée Giovarelli. September 2004, 19 p.
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• Possible Causes of Poverty within a Group of Land Reform Beneficiaries in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal: Analysis and Policy Recommendations, by L.H. Shinns and M.C. Lyne. (Revised) December 2004, 13 pages.
  [Adobe Acrobat PDF 91K]
• Measuring the Performance of Equity-share Schemes in South Africa: A Focus on Financial Criteria, by B.C. Gray, M.C. Lyne and S.R.D. Ferrer. June 2004, 18 pages.
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• A Linear Discriminant Analysis of Market Modes of Land Redistribution in Kwazulu-Natal from 1997-2002, by A. Semalulu, M. Lyne and S. Ferrer. June 2004, 14 pages.
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• Land Redistribution in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Five Census Surveys of Farmland Transactions, 1997-2001, by M.C. Lyne and MAG Darroch. April 2004, 26 pages.
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• Perceptions of Farmworker Equity-share Schemes in South Africa, by S.L. Knight and M.C. Lyne. April 2004, 20 pages.
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• Symptoms of Poverty within a Group of Land Reform Beneficiaries in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal: Analysis and Policy Recommendations, by L.H. Shinns and M.C. Lyne. May 2003 (revised March 2004), 15 pages.
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• Land Redistribution in KwaZulu-Natal: An Analysis of Farmland Transactions from 1997 until 2002, by S.R.D. Ferrer and A.K. Semalulu. March 2004, 20 pages.
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• Taxes and Other Payments of Agricultural Entities, by M. Bobukeeva. December 2003, 12 pages.
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• Legal Organizational Structure in the Kyrgyz Republic, by M. Bobukeeva. December 2003, 26 pages.
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• The Investment Climate in the Kyrgyz Republic, by M. Bobukeeva. December 2003, 17 pages.
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• Legal Framework Regulating Credit Relations in Kyrgyzstan, by M. Bobukeeva. December 2003, 20 pages.
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  Russian Version, 21 pages, 479K
• Legal Regulation of Contract Relations in Kyrgyzstan, by M. Bobukeeva. December 2003, 16 pages.
  [Adobe Acrobat PDF 369K]
  Russian Version, 17 pages, 331K
• Bankruptcy in Kyrgyzstan, by M. Bobukeeva. December 2003, 13 pages.
  [Adobe Acrobat PDF 339K]
  Russian Version, 16 pages, 282K
• Symptoms of Poverty within a Group of Land Reform Beneficiaries in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal: Analysis and Policy Recommendations, by L.H. Shinns and M.C. Lyne. May 2003, 15 pages.
  [Adobe Acrobat PDF 218K]
• Best Institutional Arrangements for Farmworker Equity-Share Schemes in South Africa, by Sharon Knight, Mike Lyne, and Michael Roth. February 2003, 22 pages.
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• Land Redistribution in South Africa: Past Performance and Future Policy, by M.C. Lyne and M A.G. Darroch. February 2003, 25 pages.
  [Adobe Acrobat PDF 330K]
• Literature Review: Strengthening the Theoretical Framework of BASIS Project "Institutional Innovations to Improve Equity Sharing under Privatization and Farm Restructuring," by Michael Roth and Mike Lyne. December 2002 (revised September 2003), 23 pages.
  [Adobe Acrobat PDF 274K]