The Role of Land Records in Support of Post-Conflict Land Administration: A Case Study of Rwanda in Gasabo District
Publisher: University of Twente
Author(s): Jean Guillaume Manirakiza
Date: 2014
Topics: Conflict Prevention, Data and Technologies, Dispute Resolution/Mediation, Land
Countries: Rwanda
Land records in post-conflict land administration are considered as proof of ownership right in land and boundaries. Therefore, this research has classified land records into two categories, namely informal and formal land records. Before 2009, the year in which systemic land registration started in Rwanda, only 7.7% of land was formally registered in the public registry in Gasabo District. Apart from formal land records, which were mainly made up of written documents within the scope of the study, the informal land records could additionally include oral witnesses. The percentage of formal registered land in that period tends to question how land records supported land adminstration in Rwanda and, especially, during land dispute resolution in both rural and urban areas.