Property Rights in a Very Poor Country : Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Ethiopia

This paper provides evidence from one of the poorest countries of the world that the 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...

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Main Authors:	Ali, Daniel Ayalew, Dercon, Stefan, Gautam, Madhur
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGENTS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF LAND APPROPRIATION CLIENT COUNTRIES COMPENSATION CROPS CULTIVATION DROUGHT EROSION EUCALYPTUS EXTERNALITIES FARMERS FARMS FIREWOOD HAZARD HETEROGENEITY HOUSEHOLDS INCOMES LAND ALLOCATION LAND DEGRADATION LAND ECONOMICS LAND HOLDINGS LAND LEASE LAND MANAGEMENT LAND MARKET LAND OWNERSHIP LAND POLICY LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND QUALITY LAND REFORM LAND RIGHT LAND RIGHTS LAND TENURE LAND TENURE SECURITY LAND TENURE SYSTEMS LAND TITLING LANDS LEASING LIVESTOCK NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES PLANTING POINTS PRIVATE OWNERSHIP PROPERTY RIGHTS ROUTE ROUTES RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SOIL SOIL CONSERVATION SOIL EROSION SOIL FERTILITY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TENURE TREES URBAN DEVELOPMENT VILLAGES WOODLOTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/09/8340484/property-rights-very-poor-country-tenure-insecurity-investment-ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7361

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spelling	okr-10986-73612021-04-23T14:02:34Z Property Rights in a Very Poor Country : Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Ethiopia Ali, Daniel Ayalew Dercon, Stefan Gautam, Madhur AGENTS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF LAND APPROPRIATION CLIENT COUNTRIES COMPENSATION CROPS CULTIVATION DROUGHT EROSION EUCALYPTUS EXTERNALITIES FARMERS FARMS FIREWOOD HAZARD HETEROGENEITY HOUSEHOLDS INCOMES LAND ALLOCATION LAND DEGRADATION LAND ECONOMICS LAND HOLDINGS LAND LEASE LAND MANAGEMENT LAND MARKET LAND OWNERSHIP LAND POLICY LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND QUALITY LAND REFORM LAND RIGHT LAND RIGHTS LAND TENURE LAND TENURE SECURITY LAND TENURE SYSTEMS LAND TITLING LANDS LEASING LIVESTOCK NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES PLANTING POINTS PRIVATE OWNERSHIP PROPERTY RIGHTS ROUTE ROUTES RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SOIL SOIL CONSERVATION SOIL EROSION SOIL FERTILITY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TENURE TREES URBAN DEVELOPMENT VILLAGES WOODLOTS This paper provides evidence from one of the poorest countries of the world that the 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 tenure insecurity affect household investment decisions, focusing on trees and shrubs. The panel data estimates suggest that limited perceived transfer rights, and the threat of expropriation, negatively affect long-term investment in Ethiopian agriculture, contributing to the low returns from land and perpetuating low growth and poverty. 2012-06-06T21:50:59Z 2012-06-06T21:50:59Z 2007-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/09/8340484/property-rights-very-poor-country-tenure-insecurity-investment-ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7361 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4363 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Ethiopia
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topic	AGENTS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF LAND APPROPRIATION CLIENT COUNTRIES COMPENSATION CROPS CULTIVATION DROUGHT EROSION EUCALYPTUS EXTERNALITIES FARMERS FARMS FIREWOOD HAZARD HETEROGENEITY HOUSEHOLDS INCOMES LAND ALLOCATION LAND DEGRADATION LAND ECONOMICS LAND HOLDINGS LAND LEASE LAND MANAGEMENT LAND MARKET LAND OWNERSHIP LAND POLICY LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND QUALITY LAND REFORM LAND RIGHT LAND RIGHTS LAND TENURE LAND TENURE SECURITY LAND TENURE SYSTEMS LAND TITLING LANDS LEASING LIVESTOCK NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES PLANTING POINTS PRIVATE OWNERSHIP PROPERTY RIGHTS ROUTE ROUTES RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SOIL SOIL CONSERVATION SOIL EROSION SOIL FERTILITY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TENURE TREES URBAN DEVELOPMENT VILLAGES WOODLOTS
spellingShingle	AGENTS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF LAND APPROPRIATION CLIENT COUNTRIES COMPENSATION CROPS CULTIVATION DROUGHT EROSION EUCALYPTUS EXTERNALITIES FARMERS FARMS FIREWOOD HAZARD HETEROGENEITY HOUSEHOLDS INCOMES LAND ALLOCATION LAND DEGRADATION LAND ECONOMICS LAND HOLDINGS LAND LEASE LAND MANAGEMENT LAND MARKET LAND OWNERSHIP LAND POLICY LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND QUALITY LAND REFORM LAND RIGHT LAND RIGHTS LAND TENURE LAND TENURE SECURITY LAND TENURE SYSTEMS LAND TITLING LANDS LEASING LIVESTOCK NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES PLANTING POINTS PRIVATE OWNERSHIP PROPERTY RIGHTS ROUTE ROUTES RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SOIL SOIL CONSERVATION SOIL EROSION SOIL FERTILITY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TENURE TREES URBAN DEVELOPMENT VILLAGES WOODLOTS Ali, Daniel Ayalew Dercon, Stefan Gautam, Madhur Property Rights in a Very Poor Country : Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Ethiopia
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relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4363
description	This paper provides evidence from one of the poorest countries of the world that the 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 tenure insecurity affect household investment decisions, focusing on trees and shrubs. The panel data estimates suggest that limited perceived transfer rights, and the threat of expropriation, negatively affect long-term investment in Ethiopian agriculture, contributing to the low returns from land and perpetuating low growth and poverty.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Ali, Daniel Ayalew Dercon, Stefan Gautam, Madhur
author_facet	Ali, Daniel Ayalew Dercon, Stefan Gautam, Madhur
author_sort	Ali, Daniel Ayalew
title	Property Rights in a Very Poor Country : Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Ethiopia
title_short	Property Rights in a Very Poor Country : Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Ethiopia
title_full	Property Rights in a Very Poor Country : Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Ethiopia
title_fullStr	Property Rights in a Very Poor Country : Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed	Property Rights in a Very Poor Country : Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Ethiopia
title_sort	property rights in a very poor country : tenure insecurity and investment in ethiopia
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/09/8340484/property-rights-very-poor-country-tenure-insecurity-investment-ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7361
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Property Rights in a Very Poor Country : Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Ethiopia

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