Pathways for repurposing resources are long overdue in developing countries

Private property laws that many African countries adopted from colonialism have had both positive and negative effects. One positive is that privatisation of property has encouraged investors to make long-term investments in infrastructure and other developments that create reliable employment. On the negative side, once property like land becomes private, government loses power to re-purpose that land for public good use like building mass food markets. 

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