Findings suggest the incidence of land conflict is fairly high, with residents choosing informal institutions rather than state courts to resolve them. Research suggests ethnic tensions also play a role.
Insights developed through this analysis will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the NRC’s Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance project in Liberia and disseminated to inform the design and development of similar land and property dispute resolution programmes elsewhere in the world.
This report was made possible with support from Innovations for Poverty Action, the Justice and Peace Commission of Liberia, the Peace Building Office of Liberia, the Norwegian Refugee Council, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and Yale University. The survey data was collected under the auspices of the Peace Education and Community Empowerment program and Conflict Risk Evaluation (PEACE CoRE) project.