This article is a critical review of the Report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Land Issues in Tanzania (otherwise known as the Shivji Report (URT, 1994). The review provides a global perspective within which the process of the compilation of the report as well as its contents may be assessed. An assessment of the ujamaa period in Tanzania's socio-economic history is also offered as part of the global perspective. Also discussed are issues of gender inequality and the role of the World Bank, and how these impinge on discourses on land issues in Tanzania.
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