Legal Knowledge and Economic Development : The Case of Land Rights in Uganda
Mixed evidence on the impact of formal title in much of Africa is often used to question the relevance of dealing with land policy issues in this continent. The authors use data from Uganda to assess the impact of a disaggregated set of rights on investment, productivity, and land values, and to tes...
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okr-10986-83352021-04-23T14:02:40Z Legal Knowledge and Economic Development : The Case of Land Rights in Uganda Deininger, Klaus Ayalew, Daniel Yamano, Takashi AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE CROPS CULTIVATION DESERTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXTENSION FARMERS GENDER HOUSEHOLDS LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND ASSETS LAND OWNERS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PRICES LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND QUALITY LAND RECORDS LAND REFORM LAND RENTAL LAND RIGHTS LAND SALES LAND TENURE LAND TRANSFERS LAND USE LAND VALUES LANDLORDS LANDOWNERS LEASEHOLD LEASES LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS OCCUPANCY POINTS PUBLIC LAND SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SITES SOIL CONSERVATION SOIL FERTILITY SOIL QUALITY TAXATION TENANTS TOPOGRAPHY URBAN LAND URBANIZATION Mixed evidence on the impact of formal title in much of Africa is often used to question the relevance of dealing with land policy issues in this continent. The authors use data from Uganda to assess the impact of a disaggregated set of rights on investment, productivity, and land values, and to test the hypothesis that individuals' lack of knowledge of the new law reduces their tenure security. Results point toward strong and positive effects of greater tenure security and transferability. Use of exogenous knowledge of its provisions as a proxy for the value of the land law suggests that this piece of legislation had major economic benefits that remain to be fully realized. 2012-06-18T19:54:59Z 2012-06-18T19:54:59Z 2006-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/03/6666871/legal-knowledge-economic-development-case-land-rights-uganda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8335 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3868 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 Uganda |
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AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE CROPS CULTIVATION DESERTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXTENSION FARMERS GENDER HOUSEHOLDS LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND ASSETS LAND OWNERS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PRICES LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND QUALITY LAND RECORDS LAND REFORM LAND RENTAL LAND RIGHTS LAND SALES LAND TENURE LAND TRANSFERS LAND USE LAND VALUES LANDLORDS LANDOWNERS LEASEHOLD LEASES LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS OCCUPANCY POINTS PUBLIC LAND SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SITES SOIL CONSERVATION SOIL FERTILITY SOIL QUALITY TAXATION TENANTS TOPOGRAPHY URBAN LAND URBANIZATION |
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AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE CROPS CULTIVATION DESERTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXTENSION FARMERS GENDER HOUSEHOLDS LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND ASSETS LAND OWNERS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PRICES LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND QUALITY LAND RECORDS LAND REFORM LAND RENTAL LAND RIGHTS LAND SALES LAND TENURE LAND TRANSFERS LAND USE LAND VALUES LANDLORDS LANDOWNERS LEASEHOLD LEASES LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS OCCUPANCY POINTS PUBLIC LAND SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SITES SOIL CONSERVATION SOIL FERTILITY SOIL QUALITY TAXATION TENANTS TOPOGRAPHY URBAN LAND URBANIZATION Deininger, Klaus Ayalew, Daniel Yamano, Takashi Legal Knowledge and Economic Development : The Case of Land Rights in Uganda |
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Mixed evidence on the impact of formal title in much of Africa is often used to question the relevance of dealing with land policy issues in this continent. The authors use data from Uganda to assess the impact of a disaggregated set of rights on investment, productivity, and land values, and to test the hypothesis that individuals' lack of knowledge of the new law reduces their tenure security. Results point toward strong and positive effects of greater tenure security and transferability. Use of exogenous knowledge of its provisions as a proxy for the value of the land law suggests that this piece of legislation had major economic benefits that remain to be fully realized. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Deininger, Klaus Ayalew, Daniel Yamano, Takashi |
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Deininger, Klaus Ayalew, Daniel Yamano, Takashi |
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Deininger, Klaus |
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Legal Knowledge and Economic Development : The Case of Land Rights in Uganda |
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Legal Knowledge and Economic Development : The Case of Land Rights in Uganda |
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Legal Knowledge and Economic Development : The Case of Land Rights in Uganda |
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Legal Knowledge and Economic Development : The Case of Land Rights in Uganda |
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Legal Knowledge and Economic Development : The Case of Land Rights in Uganda |
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legal knowledge and economic development : the case of land rights in uganda |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/03/6666871/legal-knowledge-economic-development-case-land-rights-uganda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8335 |
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