Abstract

This study explores in a sociological and anthropological perspectives, the efficiency of the policy of registration of customary rights in Côte d’Ivoire, by borrowing from Chauveau (2014: 49), his position on the paradigm of the formalization of customary rights.

The study is essentially qualitative and took place in 5 implementation zones of the pilot phase of the 98-land law in Côte d’Ivoire.

Its results that the challenges and causes of  the failure of the land tenure policy of the state of Côte d’Ivoire during the pilot phase of generalization and formalization of the 1198 law.

Finally, it lifts a corner of the veil on the stakes of pursuing this policy through a legal tidying up, because of the sustainability of debt assistance from development partners.

The results of the study analyse successively: (i) the rural land policy, (ii) the pilot and generalization phase of the implementation of the 1998 law, (iii) the determinants of failures, and (iv) the asymmetrical perspectives.