Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction

Land policies are of fundamental importance to sustainable growth, good governance, and the well-being of, and the economic opportunities open to, both rural and urban dwellers - particularly the poor. To this end, research on land policy, and anal...

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Main Author:	Deininger, Klaus
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank and Oxford University Press 2013
Subjects:	LAND RECORDS PROPERTY RIGHTS LAND TENURE LAND PRODUCTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH POVERTY REDUCTION POLICY MAKING POLICY FRAMEWORK LAND USE SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS RURAL LAND POLICY URBAN LAND POLICY LAND RENT MARKET FORCES FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS SOCIAL POLICY RESTRUCTURING LAND REFORM TRANSITION ECONOMIES CASE STUDIES LAND VALUE TAXATION REGULATORY FRAMEWORK LAND USE PLANNING ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCOUNTABILITY AGRARIAN REFORM AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF LAND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK DEVOLUTION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFECTIVE DEMAND EFFECTIVE USE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURES EXTERNALITIES FARMS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKETS FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION HOUSEHOLDS INCOME INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INSURANCE LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND CLAIMS LAND DISTRIBUTION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND MARKETS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND REFORMS LAND RENTAL LAND RIGHTS LAND SALES LAND VALUES LANDLORDS LANDOWNERS LAWS LEASES LEGAL PROVISIONS LEGISLATION LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MARKET DISTORTIONS MARKET LIBERALIZATION MIGRATION POPULATION GROWTH PRIVATE PROPERTY PRIVATIZATION PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC GOODS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS RENTS RISK MANAGEMENT STREAMS STRUCTURE OF GOVERNANCE SUBSIDIARY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAX REFORM TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSACTION COSTS URBAN MIGRATION URBAN PLANNING ZONING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/06/2457830/land-policies-growth-poverty-reduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15125

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Summary:	Land policies are of fundamental importance to sustainable growth, good governance, and the well-being of, and the economic opportunities open to, both rural and urban dwellers - particularly the poor. To this end, research on land policy, and analysis of interventions related to the subject, have long been of interest to the Bank's Research Department, and other academic, and civil society institutions. The report aims to strengthen the effectiveness of land policy in support of development, and poverty reduction, by setting out the results of recent research in a way that is accessible to a wide audience of policymakers, nongovernmental organizations, academics in the Bank's client countries, donor agency officials, and the broader development community. Its main message rests on three principles: 1) provision of secure tenure to land improves the welfare of the poor, particularly by enhancing the asset base of those whose land rights are often neglected, and, creates incentives needed for investment, paramount to sustainable economic growth; 2) facilitation of land exchange, and distribution, whether as an asset or for current services, at low cost, through markets, and non-market channels, will expedite land access by productive, but land-poor producers, so that once economic growth improves, financial markets would rely on the use of land as collateral; and, 3) governments' contribution to the promotion of socially desirable land allocation, and utilization. The report discusses mechanisms to promote tenure security, demonstrates the importance of rental market transactions, arguing the removal of impediments to these can generate equity advantages, and positive investments. It also illustrates mechanisms, ranging from taxation, to regulation and land use planning to address these issues.

Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction

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