Property Rights in a Very Poor Country: Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Ethiopia
This article provides evidence from one of the poorest countries in the world that the institutions of property rights matter for efficiency, investment, and growth. With all land state-owned, the threat of land redistribution never appears far off the agenda. Land rental and leasing have been made...
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okr-10986-55322021-04-23T14:02:22Z Property Rights in a Very Poor Country: Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Ethiopia Ali, Daniel Ayalew Dercon, Stefan Gautam, Madhur Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Property Law K110 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Formal and Informal Sectors Shadow Economy Institutional Arrangements O170 Land Ownership and Tenure Land Reform Land Use Irrigation Agriculture and Environment Q150 Agricultural Policy Food Policy Q180 This article provides evidence from one of the poorest countries in the world that the institutions of property rights matter for efficiency, investment, and growth. With all land state-owned, the threat of land redistribution never appears far off the agenda. Land rental and leasing have been made legal, but transfer rights remain restricted and the perception of continuing tenure insecurity remains quite strong. Using a unique panel data set, this study investigates whether transfer rights and implied tenure insecurity affect household investment decisions, focusing on trees and shrubs. The panel data estimates suggest that limited perceived transfer rights negatively affects the long-term investment in Ethiopian agriculture, contributing to the low returns from land and perpetuating low growth and poverty. 2012-03-30T07:33:17Z 2012-03-30T07:33:17Z 2011 Journal Article Agricultural Economics 01695150 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5532 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Ethiopia |
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Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Property Law K110 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Formal and Informal Sectors Shadow Economy Institutional Arrangements O170 Land Ownership and Tenure Land Reform Land Use Irrigation Agriculture and Environment Q150 Agricultural Policy Food Policy Q180 |
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Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Property Law K110 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Formal and Informal Sectors Shadow Economy Institutional Arrangements O170 Land Ownership and Tenure Land Reform Land Use Irrigation Agriculture and Environment Q150 Agricultural Policy Food Policy Q180 Ali, Daniel Ayalew Dercon, Stefan Gautam, Madhur Property Rights in a Very Poor Country: Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Ethiopia |
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This article provides evidence from one of the poorest countries in the world that the institutions of property rights matter for efficiency, investment, and growth. With all land state-owned, the threat of land redistribution never appears far off the agenda. Land rental and leasing have been made legal, but transfer rights remain restricted and the perception of continuing tenure insecurity remains quite strong. Using a unique panel data set, this study investigates whether transfer rights and implied tenure insecurity affect household investment decisions, focusing on trees and shrubs. The panel data estimates suggest that limited perceived transfer rights negatively affects the long-term investment in Ethiopian agriculture, contributing to the low returns from land and perpetuating low growth and poverty. |
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Ali, Daniel Ayalew Dercon, Stefan Gautam, Madhur |
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Ali, Daniel Ayalew Dercon, Stefan Gautam, Madhur |
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Ali, Daniel Ayalew |
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Property Rights in a Very Poor Country: Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Ethiopia |
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Property Rights in a Very Poor Country: Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Ethiopia |
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Property Rights in a Very Poor Country: Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Ethiopia |
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Property Rights in a Very Poor Country: Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Ethiopia |
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Property Rights in a Very Poor Country: Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Ethiopia |
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property rights in a very poor country: tenure insecurity and investment in ethiopia |
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