Environmental and Gender Impacts of Land Tenure Regularization in Africa
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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Although recent developments have
increased interest in African land tenure, Rwanda's
nation-wide Land Tenure Regularization (LTR) program is one
of a few models to address these issues at the required
scale. An impact evaluation of this program highlights four
main effects; namely, 1) significant and large investment
impacts that are particularly pronounced for women; 2)
improved land access for legally married women and better
recordation of inheritance rights; 3) a reduction in the
probability of having documented land ownership for legally
unmarried women; and 4) a reduction in land market activity
rather than distress sales. A primary reason for the
Government of Rwanda to initiate LTR was to increase levels
of land tenure security. LTR also demonstrated a major
impact on inheritance related knowledge and awareness.
Authors found a significant increase in the likelihood that
landholders in the program areas would now know who would
inherit their parcel.
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ACCESS TO LAND, CUSTOMARY LAW, FAIR MARKET VALUE, FAMILY LAW, FEMALE, GENDER, GENDER EQUITY, HOUSEHOLDS, HUSBANDS, IMPROVED LAND, INHERITANCE, INHERITANCE RIGHTS, INSURANCE, LAND ADMINISTRATION, LAND OWNERSHIP, LAND TENURE, LAWS, MARRIAGES, MARRIED WOMEN, OWNERSHIP RIGHTS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, SOIL, UNMARRIED WOMEN, WOMEN AND PROPERTY RIGHTS, AFRICA GENDER POLICY, GENDER INNOVATION LAB