I welcome your comments.
Legal title is neither necessary nor sufficient for the poor to feel secure and invest in land.
In previous research I had done in Jordan, I used a hedonic equation in an urban area part of which was legally registered and the other was not. Legal title was insignificant in determining the price of land or investment in construction. The poor don't see formal registration as an end in itself, but a means to accessing a bundle of services and legal protections. We often assume that legal title provides all these benefits but reality is much more varied. The answers to these questions play a major role in determining whether the poor value formal registration or not.