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The paper examines the effects of transition from “communal” tenure in arable land to freehold, in the reserves of the eastern seaboard area of South Africa. Efficiency gains would be modest: transfer to more efficient users would be very slow; a land market is not a necessary condition for a credit market; and “communal” tenure is no more insecure than freehold. The stagnation of the reserves is due to discrimination, not “communal” tenure. Social effects of transition include erosion of the security of rural women, damaging political conflict, but possibly greater access to land for the poor. |
