Do Overlapping Land Rights Reduce Agricultural Investment? Evidence from Uganda

While the need for land-related investment for sustainable land management and increased productivity is well recognized, quantitative evidence on agricultural productivity effects of secure property rights in Africa is scant. Within-household analysis of investments by owner-cum-occupants in Uganda...

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Main Authors:	Deininger, Klaus, Ali, Daniel Ayalew
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Land Ownership and Tenure Land Reform Land Use Irrigation Agriculture and Environment Q150
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5613

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spelling	okr-10986-56132021-04-23T14:02:23Z Do Overlapping Land Rights Reduce Agricultural Investment? Evidence from Uganda Deininger, Klaus Ali, Daniel Ayalew Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Land Ownership and Tenure Land Reform Land Use Irrigation Agriculture and Environment Q150 While the need for land-related investment for sustainable land management and increased productivity is well recognized, quantitative evidence on agricultural productivity effects of secure property rights in Africa is scant. Within-household analysis of investments by owner-cum-occupants in Uganda points toward significant and quantitatively large investment effects of full ownership. Registration is estimated to have no investment effects, whereas measures to strengthen occupancy rights attenuate investment disincentives. While this supports the importance of secure tenure as a precondition for growth, it also suggests that interventions aiming to increase tenure security need to be context-specific for it to be fully effective. 2012-03-30T07:33:41Z 2012-03-30T07:33:41Z 2008 Journal Article American Journal of Agricultural Economics 00029092 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5613 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Uganda
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description	While the need for land-related investment for sustainable land management and increased productivity is well recognized, quantitative evidence on agricultural productivity effects of secure property rights in Africa is scant. Within-household analysis of investments by owner-cum-occupants in Uganda points toward significant and quantitatively large investment effects of full ownership. Registration is estimated to have no investment effects, whereas measures to strengthen occupancy rights attenuate investment disincentives. While this supports the importance of secure tenure as a precondition for growth, it also suggests that interventions aiming to increase tenure security need to be context-specific for it to be fully effective.
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author	Deininger, Klaus Ali, Daniel Ayalew
author_facet	Deininger, Klaus Ali, Daniel Ayalew
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title	Do Overlapping Land Rights Reduce Agricultural Investment? Evidence from Uganda
title_short	Do Overlapping Land Rights Reduce Agricultural Investment? Evidence from Uganda
title_full	Do Overlapping Land Rights Reduce Agricultural Investment? Evidence from Uganda
title_fullStr	Do Overlapping Land Rights Reduce Agricultural Investment? Evidence from Uganda
title_full_unstemmed	Do Overlapping Land Rights Reduce Agricultural Investment? Evidence from Uganda
title_sort	do overlapping land rights reduce agricultural investment? evidence from uganda
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Do Overlapping Land Rights Reduce Agricultural Investment? Evidence from Uganda

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