Impacts of land certification on tenure security, investment, and land markets
Subtitle: evidence from Ethiopia
By: Klaus Deininger, Daniel Ayalew Ali, Tekie Alemu.
Contributors: Ayalew, Daniel.; Tekie Alemu.; World Bank.
Series: Policy research working paper -- 4764; Policy research working papers (Online) -- 4764.
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Ethiopia; Land tenure -- Ethiopia
Description: "Although 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. "--World Bank web site.
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