Institutions for improving access to land for settler-housing: Evidence from Papua New Guinea |
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Authors: | Satish ChandCharles Yala |
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Institution: | School of Business, University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia |
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Abstract: | This paper provides household level evidence of the institutions that are developing to provide security of access to land for housing within the settlements of Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea. Data collected from a survey of 441 randomly selected households shows that households organise around regional, family, and professional cleavages to provide security to person and property. Further, some households pay rent to landlords and keep evidence of the above to legitimise their claims to the land settled upon. In one case, a community has formed an organisation to mediate between the settlers and the customary landowning group. The above is evidence of the maturation of institutions to provide tenure security. It also provides the opportunity for policymakers to adopt and then adapt (migrate) the existing institutions into the formal system as part of ongoing reforms. |
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Keywords: | Informal Settlements Papua New Guinea Land Customary Tenure |
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