Trust or Property Rights? Can Trusted Relationships Substitute for Costly Land Registration in West African Cities?

Trust or Property Rights? Can Trusted Relationships Substitute for Costly Land Registration in West African Cities?

The paper studies the market failures associated with land tenure insecurity and information asymmetry in an urban land use model, and analyzes households' responses to mitigate tenure insecurity. When buyers and sellers of land plots can pair...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Letrouit, Lucie, Selod, Harris
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
LAND MARKET
PROPERTY RIGHTS
INFORMATION ASSYMETRY
LAND USE
LAND REGISTRATION
ETHNIC KINSHIP
INFORMAL LAND USE
LAND TENURE INSECURITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/200241593532750315/Trust-or-Property-Rights-Can-Trusted-Relationships-Substitute-for-Costly-Land-Registration-in-West-African-Cities
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34025

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/200241593532750315/Trust-or-Property-Rights-Can-Trusted-Relationships-Substitute-for-Costly-Land-Registration-in-West-African-Cities
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34025

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