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Property rights change. The case of the pastoral Maasai in southwest Kenya. The problem. Why group ranches being subsidivided? Group ranch: Established by govt act in 1968 Demarcated and allocated to group Members hold a title jointly Management committee elected by members
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Property rights change The case of the pastoral Maasai in southwest Kenya
The problem • Why group ranches being subsidivided? • Group ranch: • Established by govt act in 1968 • Demarcated and allocated to group • Members hold a title jointly • Management committee elected by members • Land held in common
What did I do? • Case study • Selected four group ranches • Near and far from market; number of members; when decision taken; • Talked with people (trust), men, women, youth, govt officials, political leaders • Archives, newspapers (20 yrs)-sense of the actors and what incentives • Historical information
Some results (n=?) • Title for development: 64% • Perceptions of scarcity: 59% • Threat of loss: 57% • Individual ranches: 18% • Herd inequality: 5% • Probs with group decisions: 9% • Govt directive: 4% • Politicians influenced: 5%
Some conclusions • Economic and political considerations to change • In fact, defending rights likely very important • Politics in economic decision making • Can policy un-change this? What do you think?