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• TITLE: Congolese Land Rights Put to the Test by the Private Real Estate Investment Revolution

  AUTHORS: Christian Mwenyemali Milenge

  KEYWORDS: Land Rights, Private Investment, Real Estate Law, Agricultural Investment, Congolese Land Ownership Law

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Social Sciences, Vol.11 No.9, September 1, 2023

  ABSTRACT: Private investors’ land rights vary from country to country, depending on the legal system in place. The degree of openness of land laws determines the degree to which both domestic and foreign investors are attracted, as the latter aims to invest in countries with legal systems offering the most secure and sustainable interests. How can Congolese land laws be made more attractive to private investors in the real estate sector? Using exegetical and comparative methods, we will test our hypothesis that reform to increase the rights of private national and foreign investors to access land would be an asset. By comparing Congolese land law with other legal systems, and with current social and economic realities, we have concluded that accommodating land rights is a prerequisite for increasing both domestic and foreign private investment in real estate and an essential step towards boosting and modernizing real estate investment in the DRC.