Mobilisation of Stool Land Revenue for the development of local economies: The prospects and challenges

ABSTRACT

Land serves as a source of revenue for development. Using semi-structured interviews and questionnaires, a case study of the Wassa Fiase traditional area was carried out to examine the prospects and challenges for the mobilisation of stool land revenue for the development of communities. The study found out that the land tenure system in the area was dynamic with a lot of governance challenges. The mobilisation of stool land revenue was constrained by inadequate staffing, reliance on manual records, and lack of cooperation from some chiefs. There was also the opportunity for the mobilisation of more revenue; many sources of revenue to be mobilized, the availability of records of land transactions and the opportunity to carry out public education and sensitization. It was recommended that the digitization of land records, provision of sanctions for rent defaulters, and the demarcation of their stool land boundaries would help improve revenue mobilisation.

KEYWORDS:

• Stool Land Management
• Revenue Mobilisation
• Development
• Local Economies
• Prospects and Challenges
• Wassa Fiase
• Ghana

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Funding

This work was supported by the self .

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S. M. Pomevor

S. M. Pomevor is an Estate and Valuation Surveyor by profession. A Professional Member of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors and he holds both MPhil. Land Management and BSc. Land Economy from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. He also studied for a Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Urban Development at the Institute of Housing and Urban Development Studies of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. He currently works with the Takoradi Technical University as  a Lecturer. His research interests include: Land tenure and sustainable livelihoods; Impact of land reforms on land markets and livelihoods; and the mobilisation and use of land revenue for community development.