Cultivate or Rent Out? Land Security in Rural Thailand

In the 1980s the Thai government tried to legalize squatters by issuing special titles that restricted the sale and rental of the land. Using data from 2,874 farming households collected in 1997, the author finds that in places where these government titles where issued, leased plots are more likely...

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Main Author:	Giné, Xavier
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS AGENTS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES AGRICULTURE CLASSIFICATION CLIMATIC ZONES COMMON LAND COMMUNITY FORESTS CONSERVATION CROPS CULTIVATED LAND CULTIVATION DEGRADED FORESTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FARMLAND FOREST FOREST AREAS FOREST COVER FOREST DEPARTMENT FOREST LAND FOREST RESERVES FOREST VILLAGES FORESTRY FORESTRY SECTOR FORESTS GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS HUNTING LAND ALLOCATION LAND CODE LAND HOLDINGS LAND MARKETS LAND OWNER LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PREPARATION LAND PRICES LAND QUALITY LAND RECORDS LAND REFORM LAND RENTAL LAND RIGHTS LAND TITLING LAND USE LAND UTILIZATION LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS LANDLESSNESS LANDOWNER LANDOWNERS LEASES LEASING LOGGING NATIONAL PARKS PLAINS PLOTS PRIVATE LAND PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC LAND PUBLIC LANDS RANGES REAL ESTATE RESERVE FOREST SQUATTERS STRATIFICATION TAXATION TENANTS WATERSHED WILDLIFE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/10/6359655/cultivate-or-rent-out-land-security-rural-thailand http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8477

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