Impacts of Land Certification on Tenure Security: Investment, and Land Market Participation : Evidence from Ethiopia

While early attempts at land titling in Africa were often unsuccessful, factors such as new legislation, low-cost methods, and increasing demand for land have generated renewed interest. A four-period panel allows use of a pipeline and difference-indifferences approach to assess impacts of land regi...

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Main Authors: Deininger, Klaus, Ali, Daniel Ayalew, Alemu, Tekie
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5615
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spelling okr-10986-56152021-04-23T14:02:23Z Impacts of Land Certification on Tenure Security: Investment, and Land Market Participation : Evidence from Ethiopia Deininger, Klaus Ali, Daniel Ayalew Alemu, Tekie 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 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Land Q240 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy Q280 While early attempts at land titling in Africa were often unsuccessful, factors such as new legislation, low-cost methods, and increasing demand for land have generated renewed interest. A four-period panel allows use of a pipeline and difference-indifferences approach to assess impacts of land registration in Ethiopia. We find that the program increased tenure security, land-related investment, and rental market participation and yielded benefits significantly above the cost of implementation. 2012-03-30T07:33:41Z 2012-03-30T07:33:41Z 2011 Journal Article Land Economics 00237639 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5615 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Ethiopia
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topic 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
Renewable Resources and Conservation: Land Q240
Renewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy Q280
spellingShingle 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
Renewable Resources and Conservation: Land Q240
Renewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy Q280
Deininger, Klaus
Ali, Daniel Ayalew
Alemu, Tekie
Impacts of Land Certification on Tenure Security: Investment, and Land Market Participation : Evidence from Ethiopia
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relation http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
description While early attempts at land titling in Africa were often unsuccessful, factors such as new legislation, low-cost methods, and increasing demand for land have generated renewed interest. A four-period panel allows use of a pipeline and difference-indifferences approach to assess impacts of land registration in Ethiopia. We find that the program increased tenure security, land-related investment, and rental market participation and yielded benefits significantly above the cost of implementation.
format Journal Article
author Deininger, Klaus
Ali, Daniel Ayalew
Alemu, Tekie
author_facet Deininger, Klaus
Ali, Daniel Ayalew
Alemu, Tekie
author_sort Deininger, Klaus
title Impacts of Land Certification on Tenure Security: Investment, and Land Market Participation : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_short Impacts of Land Certification on Tenure Security: Investment, and Land Market Participation : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_full Impacts of Land Certification on Tenure Security: Investment, and Land Market Participation : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_fullStr Impacts of Land Certification on Tenure Security: Investment, and Land Market Participation : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Impacts of Land Certification on Tenure Security: Investment, and Land Market Participation : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_sort impacts of land certification on tenure security: investment, and land market participation : evidence from ethiopia
publishDate 2012
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5615
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