Tenure Insecurity, Gender, Low-Cost Land Certification and Land Rental Market Participation in Ethiopia

There is a renewed interest in whether land reforms can contribute to market development and poverty reduction in Africa. This paper assesses effects on the allocative efficiency of the land rental market of the low-cost approach to land registration and certification of restricted property rights t...

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Main Authors: Holden, Stein T., Deininger, Klaus, Ghebru, Hosaena
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5852
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spelling okr-10986-58522021-04-23T14:02:23Z Tenure Insecurity, Gender, Low-Cost Land Certification and Land Rental Market Participation in Ethiopia Holden, Stein T. Deininger, Klaus Ghebru, Hosaena Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Economics of Gender Non-labor Discrimination J160 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Formal and Informal Sectors Shadow Economy Institutional Arrangements O170 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Land Ownership and Tenure Land Reform Land Use Irrigation Agriculture and Environment Q150 There is a renewed interest in whether land reforms can contribute to market development and poverty reduction in Africa. This paper assesses effects on the allocative efficiency of the land rental market of the low-cost approach to land registration and certification of restricted property rights that was implemented in Ethiopia in the late 1990s. Four rounds of a balanced household panel from 16 villages in northern Ethiopia are analysed, showing that land certification initially enhanced land rental market participation of (potential) tenant and landlord households, especially those that are headed by females. 2012-03-30T07:34:51Z 2012-03-30T07:34:51Z 2011 Journal Article Journal of Development Studies 00220388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5852 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Ethiopia
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topic Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs
Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380
Economics of Gender
Non-labor Discrimination J160
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Formal and Informal Sectors
Shadow Economy
Institutional Arrangements O170
Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses
Transportation O180
Land Ownership and Tenure
Land Reform
Land Use
Irrigation
Agriculture and Environment Q150
spellingShingle Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs
Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380
Economics of Gender
Non-labor Discrimination J160
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Formal and Informal Sectors
Shadow Economy
Institutional Arrangements O170
Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses
Transportation O180
Land Ownership and Tenure
Land Reform
Land Use
Irrigation
Agriculture and Environment Q150
Holden, Stein T.
Deininger, Klaus
Ghebru, Hosaena
Tenure Insecurity, Gender, Low-Cost Land Certification and Land Rental Market Participation in Ethiopia
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relation http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
description There is a renewed interest in whether land reforms can contribute to market development and poverty reduction in Africa. This paper assesses effects on the allocative efficiency of the land rental market of the low-cost approach to land registration and certification of restricted property rights that was implemented in Ethiopia in the late 1990s. Four rounds of a balanced household panel from 16 villages in northern Ethiopia are analysed, showing that land certification initially enhanced land rental market participation of (potential) tenant and landlord households, especially those that are headed by females.
format Journal Article
author Holden, Stein T.
Deininger, Klaus
Ghebru, Hosaena
author_facet Holden, Stein T.
Deininger, Klaus
Ghebru, Hosaena
author_sort Holden, Stein T.
title Tenure Insecurity, Gender, Low-Cost Land Certification and Land Rental Market Participation in Ethiopia
title_short Tenure Insecurity, Gender, Low-Cost Land Certification and Land Rental Market Participation in Ethiopia
title_full Tenure Insecurity, Gender, Low-Cost Land Certification and Land Rental Market Participation in Ethiopia
title_fullStr Tenure Insecurity, Gender, Low-Cost Land Certification and Land Rental Market Participation in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Tenure Insecurity, Gender, Low-Cost Land Certification and Land Rental Market Participation in Ethiopia
title_sort tenure insecurity, gender, low-cost land certification and land rental market participation in ethiopia
publishDate 2012
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5852
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