Impacts of Land Certification on Tenure Security, Investment, and Land Markets : Evidence from Ethiopia

dc.creatorAlemu, Tekie
dc.creatorDeininger, Klaus
dc.creatorAli, Daniel Ayalew
dc.date2012-06-01T18:26:36Z
dc.date2012-06-01T18:26:36Z
dc.date2008-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:12:16Z
dc.descriptionAlthough early attempts at land titling in Africa were often unsuccessful, the need to secure rights in view of increased demand for land, options for registration of a continuum of individual or communal rights under new laws, and the scope for reducing costs by combining information technology with participatory methods have led to renewed interest. This paper uses a difference-in-difference approach to assess economic impacts of a low-cost registration program in Ethiopia that, over 5 years, covered some 20 million parcels. Despite policy constraints, the program increased tenure security, land-related investment, and rental market participation and yielded benefits significantly above the cost of implementation.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9982807/impacts-land-certification-tenure-security-investment-land-markets-evidence-ethiopia-impacts-land-certification-tenure-security-investment-land-markets-evidence-ethiopia
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/6897
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-4764
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/416083
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 4764
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACCESS TO INFORMATION
dc.subjectACCESS TO LAND
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectCAPITAL FORMATION
dc.subjectCOMMUNITIES
dc.subjectCOMPENSATION
dc.subjectCONSTRUCTION
dc.subjectCULTIVATED LAND
dc.subjectCULTIVATION
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.subjectECONOMETRICS
dc.subjectECONOMIC BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC EFFECTS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC IMPACT
dc.subjectECONOMIC IMPACTS
dc.subjectECONOMIC OUTCOMES
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subjectEQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectEROSION
dc.subjectFOOD POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectFUEL
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectHETEROGENEITY
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectIRRIGATED LAND
dc.subjectIRRIGATION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLAND ADMINISTRATION
dc.subjectLAND ASSETS
dc.subjectLAND DEGRADATION
dc.subjectLAND MARKET
dc.subjectLAND MARKETS
dc.subjectLAND OWNERS
dc.subjectLAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectLAND QUALITY
dc.subjectLAND RECORDS
dc.subjectLAND REDISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectLAND REGISTRATION
dc.subjectLAND RENTAL
dc.subjectLAND RIGHTS
dc.subjectLAND SALES
dc.subjectLAND TENURE
dc.subjectLAND TITLE
dc.subjectLAND TITLING
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLAND VALUES
dc.subjectLANDLORD
dc.subjectLANDS
dc.subjectMARKET LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectPOLICY ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPROGRAMS
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectREPAIR
dc.subjectROCKS
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL WOMEN
dc.subjectSHARECROPPING
dc.subjectSLUMS
dc.subjectSOIL
dc.subjectSOIL CONSERVATION
dc.subjectSOIL QUALITY
dc.subjectSQUATTERS
dc.subjectTRANSACTION COSTS
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectVILLAGES
dc.titleImpacts of Land Certification on Tenure Security, Investment, and Land Markets : Evidence from Ethiopia

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