World Bank Proposes Steps to Use Land Better

A new World Bank report lays out ten steps needed to improve land governance for ending poverty, food insecurity and boosting shared prosperity in Africa.

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  • upliftdarace_144
    Jul 23 2013, 12:31

    Africa's Future Is Also Tied To It's Unresolved Past. Will Africa's

    Leaders Make The Hard Embarrassing Choices That Must Be Made

    ?

    Africa's Environment And Development Has Been Stymied By It's

    Historical Disruptions From The Robbers Of Our People .

    TITLED : The Robbers Of Our People

    * 16 European Nations . Met And Plotted On How They Would Rob Africa Of Its Riches.

    * They met during two(2) Periods of time in two(2) places

    * The General Act Of Berlin Conference (Nov, 1884 to February, 1885)

    * Brussels Belgium to finalize SECRET agreements ( Nov, 1889 to July 1890)

    * The Book “King Leopold’s Ghost (1998) by Adam Hochschild documents some of This information.

    The following Nations (Households) - Planned how they would divide among themselves our AFRICAN Riches.

    1) Austria-Hungary - Francis Joseph I Charles - August 18, 1830 -

    2) Belgium - King Leopold II – April 9, 1835

    3) Denmark - Frederik VIII -June 3, 1843

    4) France - Marie François Sadi Carnot – August 11, 1837 -

    5) Germany - Wilhelm II -– January 27, 1859

    6) Great Britain - Queen Victoria (Hanover) – May 24, 1819 – British Ruler – 2nd

    7) Holland –William III – February 19, 1817

    8) Italy - Umberto I - March 14, 1844 -

    9) Norway - Oscar II [Oscar Frederik] – January 21, 1829 (Also Sweden)

    10) Portugal - Carlos I – September 28, 1863

    11) Russia - Alexander III Alexandrovich – March 10, 1845

    12) Spain - Alfonso XIII – May 17, 1886

    13) Sweden - Oscar II – January 21, 1829 (Also Norway)

    14) Turkey - Abdülhamid II, - September 2 or September 22 - 1842 -

    15) United States - Benjamin Harrison – August 20, 1833 -

    16) Persia (Iran) - Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar – July 16, 1831 –

    For centuries Black Africans have been exploited and exploited in the name of Islam. Then with the coming of the Portueses (so-called Christians) to Ghana around the 1440s , the so-called Christians started their exploitation.

    We Black Africans are puzzling. We have a bounty of riches around us, yet we persist in allowing outsiders to steal them; while we fight each other over trivial matters.

    Just in case you're wondering, here's some Black Africans who have done wondrous things to change the way we live in the world.

    For example : Garrett-Augustus Morgan invented the Traffic Signal to CURB (no pun intended) TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS !!!

    * Buridge & Marshman - TYPEWRITER

    * George Carruthers - X-RAY MACHINE

    * George Washington Carver - PEANUT BUTTER - PAINTS – PAINT STAINS – ETC

    * W.A. Dietz - SHOE

    * Charles R. Drew - BLOOD PLASMA STORAGE SYSTEM

    * Michael Harney - LANTERN

    * Augustus Jackson - ICE CREAM

    * H.A. Jackson - KITCHEN TABLE

    * Isaac R. Johnson - BICYCLE FRAME

    * John A. Johnson - WRENCH

    * Frederick M. Jones - DEFROSTER - REFRIGERATION CONTROLS – AIR CONDITIONER

    * Jones & Long - BOTTLE CAPS

    * Lewis Latimer & Nichols - ELECTIC LAMP

    * John L. Love - PENCIL SHARPENER

    * Tony J. Marshall - FIRE EXTINGUISHER

    * Alexander Miles - ELEVATOR

    * W.A. Martin - LOCK

    * Garrett A. Morgan - GAS MASK - Traffic Signal

    * Lydia Newman - HAIR BRUSH - Nov 15, 1898

    * W.B. Purvis - FOUNTAIN PEN

    * L.P. Ray - DUST PAN

    * W.H. Richardson - BABY BUGGY

    * G.T. Sampson - CLOTHES DRYER

    * .W. Smith - LAWN SPRINKLER

    * J. Standard - REFRIGERATOR

    * T.W. Stewart - MOP

    * Maxine Snowden - RAIN HAT - 1983

    * Paul E. Williams - HELICOPTER

    * Granville T. Woods - Roller Coaster

    * Granville T. Woods - Telegraph Transmission Devices - Dec 2, 1884 Patents # - 308, 816 (7)

    Thanks to The Black Inventors Museum P.O. Box 76128 Los Angeles , Calif. (90076) Phone (310) 859-4602)

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  • mustaphaguellouz
    Jul 31 2013, 13:26

    Very challenging issues and encouraging results.Solving the land tenure and ownership is very important but might not be enough to solve productivity problems. What about the inheritance consequences on the size of the farms that can not stand to be below a certain minimum and was the question of the good management practices that enables higher productivity solved?

  • Dawn Elise
    Jul 23 2013, 11:35

    Here is a concluding quote from a new book, Zimbabwe Takes Back Its Land, evaluating Fast Track Land Reform in Zimbabwe.

    In the biggest land reform in Africa, 6,000 white farmers have been replaced by 245,000 Zimbabwean farmers. Zimbabwe’s land reform has not been neat, and huge problems remain. But 245,000 new farmers have received land, and most of them are farming it. They have raised their own standard of living; have already reached production levels of the former white farmers; and with a bit of support, are ready to substantially increase that production.’

    Zimbabwe is the largest and most exciting site of land reform in Africa. Just because the World Bank doesn't like that, please don't ignore this.