Basic definitions of land registration terms : a review
Abegaz, Gizachew
With the aim of enhancing tenure security for smallholder settled farmers, the Federal and the Regional land administration and use laws have been enacted and put into effect for sometime. The drafting and implementation of the legislation was pioneered by Tigray regional state, followed in sequence by Amhara, Oromia, and the SNNP regional states and later by the Federal Government. The four regional states have been implementing their respective regional land administration and use laws for a period ranging from about three to eight years. In the process of implementation, however, a number of problems have surfaced. Among these, lack of definition on key terms contained in some of the provisions of the Federal and Regional land administration and use laws caused a number of problems. Impediments during the implementation process include incompatibility in area-based data analysis and exchange between different institutions and land-related disputes. The complexity and dearth of empirical data on these issues preclude an in-depth discussion of the subject. Instead, a review of relevant literature and personal observations were used as the bases for discussing the subject.
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