Tenure Security and Land-Related Investment : Evidence from Ethiopia
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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The authors use a large data set from
Ethiopia that differentiates tenure security and
transferability to explore determinants of different types
of land-related investment and its possible impact on
productivity. While they find some support for endogeneity
of investment in trees, this is not the case for terraces.
Transfer rights are unambiguously investment-enhancing. The
large productivity effect of terracing implies that, even
where households undertake investments to increase their
tenure security, this may not be socially efficient. In
Ethiopia, government action to increase tenure security and
transferability of land rights can significantly enhance
rural investment and productivity.
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LAND TENURE, LAND MARKETS, LAND ASSETS, RURAL LAND POLICY, AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENTS, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, TIMBER TREES, TERRACE CROPPING, TRANSFER SYSTEMS, SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT, LAND RIGHTS ACCOUNTING, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY, AUTONOMY, CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK, CROPPING SYSTEMS, ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, EMPLOYMENT, EVICTIONS, GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION, HOUSEHOLDS, HOUSES, INCOME, LAND PRODUCTIVITY, LAND TENURE, LAND USE, LANDLORDS, LAWS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, MARGINAL COST, MARGINAL PRODUCT, MIGRATION, MORTGAGES, POINTS, POVERTY LINE, PRESENT VALUE, PRODUCERS, PRODUCTIVITY, PROPERTY RIGHTS, RESOURCE USE, SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS, TAXATION, TRANSACTION COSTS, TRANSFERABLE PROPERTY RIGHTS, LAND RIGHTS, ACCOUNTING