Summary: Achieving efficient land use, encouraging investors and investment and realizing the cost of urban land and make an efficient use of it are some of the major national and regional goals in Ethiopia. To achieve these goals, the government of Ethiopia has accepted urban land lease policy as the alternative land tenure system so as to provide a room for individuals and investors to land to use land use rights through transferring from the state to land users…
Introduction: The transition of many former socialist countries from a command to a market oriented economy has brought radical changes in previous policies. One of the sectors, which have undergone a radical transformation, is the issue of urban land. Land is a key natural resource that requires proper consideration in urban development. The misuse of land does not only waste a scarce resource but also affects other sectors of development. The proper utilization of land requires the recording of rights over land and conditions of use and facilitating the smooth transfer, on a market principle or otherwise, to other users…
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