Since 2000, many African countries have adopted land tenure reforms that aim at comprehensive land registration (or certification) and titling. Much work in political science and in the advocacy literature identifies recipients of land certificates or titles as ‘programme beneficiaries’, and political scientists have modelled titling programmes as a form of distributive politics.
immatriculation des terres
Land titling is a form of privatization in that public assets are transferred to private families and individuals.
Source:
Land Titling: A Mode of Privatization with the Potential to Deepen Democracy.
Bernadette Atuahene, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Saint Louis University Law Journal (2006)