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How to Create a Public Policy in a Failed State - The Challenge of Securing Land Rights in Eastern Congo
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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) 32 years of dictatorship and almost ten years of war have bled the country dry and left its administration incapable of providing the population with basic services and the government incapable of applying or even formulating public policy.

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The land sector has not been spared by the collapse of the State, which started at the beginning of the nineties and is still not over. The land law dates from 1973 and the administration barely functions, yet “the land is the exclusive and inalienable property of the State exempt from prescription”. In the Eastern Congo land problems are regarded as a key element in the socio-political instability in the zone.

 

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How to Create a Public Policy in a Failed State: The Challenge of Securing Land Rights in Eastern Congo

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Thierry VIRCOULON

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Chercheur associé, Centre Afrique subsaharienne de l'Ifri

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Subsaharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa Center
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Founded in 2007, Ifri's Sub-Saharan Africa center produces an in-depth analysis of the African continent and its security, geopolitical, political and socio-economic dynamics (in particular the phenomenon of urbanization). The Center aims to be both, through various publications and conferences, a space for disseminating analyzes intended for the media and the public but also a decision-making tool for political and economic actors with regard to the continent.

The center produces analyses for various organizations such as the Ministry of the Armed Forces, the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the French Development Agency (AFD) and even for various private supports. Its researchers are regularly interviewed by parliamentary committees.

The organization of events of various formats complements the production of analyzes by bringing the different spheres of the public space (academic, political, media, economic and civil society) to meet and exchange analytical tools and visions of the continent. The Sub-Saharan Africa Center regularly welcomes political leaders from different sub-Saharan African countries.

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