Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 09/2014

Gender Equality Concerns in Ghana's Land Reform: Current challenges and the role of donors

Rachel Spichiger, Paul Stacey

March 2014

Danish Institute for International Studies

Abstract

In 1999, Ghana engaged in an ambitious land reform process with the adoption of a National Land Policy – implemented through a Land Administration Project, and supported by the World Bank and several other donors.

The reform aims at strengthening land administration institutions and increasing the security of land tenure for landholders on both customary and state land, but the process is facing multiple challenges.