Subnational variation in policy implementation: the case of Nigerian land governance reform

When and why do policymakers implement land governance reforms? We address this question by focusing on differential implementation of Systematic Land Tenure Regularization (SLTR) across six states in Nigeria. Although improved land governance has many long-term benefits, including developed propert...

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Autores principales: Resnick, Danielle, Okumo, Austen
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148314
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description When and why do policymakers implement land governance reforms? We address this question by focusing on differential implementation of Systematic Land Tenure Regularization (SLTR) across six states in Nigeria. Although improved land governance has many long-term benefits, including developed property and housing markets, increased agricultural investment, and an expanded source of revenue, the short-term outcomes are less visible to citizens. In theory, this would create low political incentives for implementation among policymakers. In practice, we observe higher levels of implementation in some states compared to others despite almost universally low public demand for SLTR. To explain this puzzle, we use a structured comparative analysis that draws on interviews with more than 90 federal and state-level stakeholders in Cross River, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, and Ondo states. We find that the collective presence of bureaucratic autonomy, diversity of donor funding, and continuity in state government administrations are more likely to explain where SLTR implementation has progressed the most.
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spelling CGSpace1483142025-11-06T06:27:36Z Subnational variation in policy implementation: the case of Nigerian land governance reform Resnick, Danielle Okumo, Austen geographical information systems land governance land tenure land reform equality When and why do policymakers implement land governance reforms? We address this question by focusing on differential implementation of Systematic Land Tenure Regularization (SLTR) across six states in Nigeria. Although improved land governance has many long-term benefits, including developed property and housing markets, increased agricultural investment, and an expanded source of revenue, the short-term outcomes are less visible to citizens. In theory, this would create low political incentives for implementation among policymakers. In practice, we observe higher levels of implementation in some states compared to others despite almost universally low public demand for SLTR. To explain this puzzle, we use a structured comparative analysis that draws on interviews with more than 90 federal and state-level stakeholders in Cross River, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, and Ondo states. We find that the collective presence of bureaucratic autonomy, diversity of donor funding, and continuity in state government administrations are more likely to explain where SLTR implementation has progressed the most. 2017 2024-06-21T09:24:20Z 2024-06-21T09:24:20Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148314 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148351 https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/subnational-variation-in-policy-implementation-the-case-of-nigerian-land-governance-reform application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Resnick, Danielle; and Okumo, Austen. 2017. Subnational variation in policy implementation: the case of Nigerian land governance reform. NSSP Working Paper 46. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148314
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Subnational variation in policy implementation: the case of Nigerian land governance reform
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title_short Subnational variation in policy implementation: the case of Nigerian land governance reform
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topic geographical information systems
land governance
land tenure
land reform
equality
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