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External Monitoring ................................................................................... 49Structural Re<strong>for</strong>ms .................................................................................... 50Administrative <strong>Law</strong> Re<strong>for</strong>m ........................................................................... 53Legal Mechanisms to Facilitate Participation and Monitoring ........................ 53Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions................................................. 54Conclusions and Recommendations ............................................................ 56Chapter 1 Endnotes ..................................................................................... 58Chapter 1 Bibliography ................................................................................. 58Boxes1 Rule of <strong>Law</strong> and Justice ........................................................................... 32 Coping with Legal Pluralism in Relations to Women’s Rights in Ethiopia ...... 46Tables1 Needs <strong>for</strong> Norms and Interventions .......................................................... 15Chapter 2 Empowering the Poor Through Property Rights ......................... 63Introduction .................................................................................................... 73Faltering Property Rights: <strong>The</strong> Nature And Scale Of <strong>The</strong> Problem.............................. 76Growing Slums and Legal Voids ..................................................................... 76Dire Consequences and Missed Development Opportunities .......................... 76Rural Poverty and Property Rights ................................................................. 77Rural Land Relations and Extreme Poverty .................................................. 77Rural Land Relations and Armed Conflict .................................................... 77Natural Resources ........................................................................................ 77Women Especially Affected ........................................................................... 77Indigenous Peoples ...................................................................................... 78Focus on Indigenous Tenure Systems .......................................................... 79Important Numbers of Customary Land Holders ........................................... 79Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons .......................................................... 80Barriers Versus Facilitators of Change ................................................................. 80Resistance of Powerful Social Actors ............................................................. 80Structural Obstacles and Facilitators of Change .............................................. 80Realising Turnaround .................................................................................. 81Learning From <strong>The</strong> Past ..................................................................................... 82Problematic Practices and Omissions ............................................................ 82Six General Lessons from Past Mistakes are Presented as Follows: ................ 82Lessons From Mistakes Related to Land and Real Property ........................... 83Experienced Consequences........................................................................ 85Recommendations For Re<strong>for</strong>m And Improved Action................................................ 86