Experience of the Programme Nationale de Gestion de Terroirs (PNGT2) in Burkina Faso (PLA Notes 49)

Detailing the Burkinabe government's national programme of participatory land management (Programme Nationale de Gestion de Terriors), this article outlines how the handing of greater responsibilities to local communities, over a period of 15 years, is leading to the development of a decentralised system of local government.