Takele Merid - Land transfer strategies

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Full article sent on 11 January Land Transfer Strategies.docx

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30.01. Marie on charge of the article Suggested reviewers: Mehdi Labzaé, Christian Lund

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Marie review:

• The issue the proposed paper deals with is of high scientific interest: the recent dynamics of local land transfer following the 2006 revised land proclamation, with a focus on women's access to land use and rights.

• However, to be published and submitted to peer review it needs a deep restructuration and revision:

• the writing has to be improved so that the text gains some clarity and precision

• the paper has to be deeply restructured: for now, too many redundancies blurr the scientific objectif of the article; the conceptual framework is not well articulated with the research's results; the case study is not well introduced and we cannot understand how this case is representative or not of wider dynamics.

• More importantly, the data exposure is not clear and weak: what comes from the informants? the locality? the author's understanding of the land dynamics in the locality? In Ethiopia? This needs to be clarified and rewritten.

• I recommend to start the article with a clear presentation of: the case study; the research background in terms of recent history of land dynamics in Ethiopia, but also in the Amhara region and Gojjam; a research question clearly delimited (for instance: the role and place of women in the recent land transfer dynamics) that rely on the scientific literature. Then to focus on the main fielwork outcomes and their analyses.

• As a whole, I would suggest the paper should be tightened to one precise research question that should be answered through better presentation and analysis of the data.

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Nouvelle version envoyée par Takele Merid le 27 Juillet, transmise à Marie pour relecture avant envoi éventuel en éval. Undrstanding Land Transfer 2023(1)July 27.docx