Environmental and Gender Impacts of Land Tenure Regularization in Africa : Pilot Evidence from Rwanda
Although increased global demand for land has led to renewed interest in African land tenure, few models to address these issues quickly and at the required scale have been identified or evaluated. The case of Rwanda's nation-wide and relatively low-cost land tenure regularization program is thus of great interest. This paper evaluates the short-term impact (some 2.5 years after completion) of the pilots undertaken to fine-tune the approach using a geographic discontinuity design with spatial fixed effects. Three key findings emerge from the analysis. First, the program improved land access for legally married women (about 76 percent of married couples) and prompted better recordation of inheritance rights without gender bias. Second, the analysis finds a very large impact on investment and maintenance of soil conservation measures. This effect was particularly pronounced for female headed households, suggesting that this group had suffered from high levels of tenure insecurity, which the program managed to reduce. Third, land market activity declined, allowing rejection of the hypothesis that the program caused a wave of distress sales or widespread landlessness by vulnerable people. Implications for program design and policy are discussed.
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dig-okr-1098635272021-04-23T14:02:10Z Environmental and Gender Impacts of Land Tenure Regularization in Africa : Pilot Evidence from Rwanda Ali, Daniel Ayalew Deininger, Klaus Goldstein, Markus ACCESS TO LAND AGENTS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BANKS COMMONS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMPENSATION CONSTRUCTION DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMINENT DOMAIN EMPLOYMENT FAIR MARKET VALUE FARMLAND FINANCIAL MARKETS FORECLOSURE FORESTS HETEROGENEITY HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING IMPROVED LAND INSURANCE LABOR MARKETS LAND ACQUISITION LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND CLAIMS LAND ECONOMICS LAND EXPROPRIATION LAND GRABBING LAND MARKET LAND MARKETS LAND OWNERS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PARCELS LAND RECORDS LAND REGISTRATION LAND RESOURCES LAND RIGHTS LAND SALES LAND TENURE LAND TITLING LAND TRANSACTIONS LAND TRANSFER LAND TRANSFERS LAND USE LAND USE PLANNING LAND VALUE LAND VALUES LANDLESSNESS LANDLORDS LANDS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL PROTECTION LEGAL PROVISIONS LEGISLATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANDATES MARGINAL LANDS MARKET VALUE NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES OPEN ACCESS PARTNERSHIP POINTS PRIVATE LAND PRIVATE PROPERTY PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS PRIVATIZATION PROPERTY RIGHTS PROPERTY TITLES PROPERTY VALUE PUBLIC SERVICES RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SOIL SOIL CONSERVATION SOIL DEGRADATION SOIL QUALITY SQUATTERS TRANSACTION COSTS VILLAGES WAGES WOMEN AND PROPERTY RIGHTS AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB Although increased global demand for land has led to renewed interest in African land tenure, few models to address these issues quickly and at the required scale have been identified or evaluated. The case of Rwanda's nation-wide and relatively low-cost land tenure regularization program is thus of great interest. This paper evaluates the short-term impact (some 2.5 years after completion) of the pilots undertaken to fine-tune the approach using a geographic discontinuity design with spatial fixed effects. Three key findings emerge from the analysis. First, the program improved land access for legally married women (about 76 percent of married couples) and prompted better recordation of inheritance rights without gender bias. Second, the analysis finds a very large impact on investment and maintenance of soil conservation measures. This effect was particularly pronounced for female headed households, suggesting that this group had suffered from high levels of tenure insecurity, which the program managed to reduce. Third, land market activity declined, allowing rejection of the hypothesis that the program caused a wave of distress sales or widespread landlessness by vulnerable people. Implications for program design and policy are discussed. 2012-03-19T18:04:03Z 2012-03-19T18:04:03Z 2011-08-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110818104704 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3527 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5765 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Central Africa Rwanda |
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ACCESS TO LAND AGENTS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BANKS COMMONS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMPENSATION CONSTRUCTION DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMINENT DOMAIN EMPLOYMENT FAIR MARKET VALUE FARMLAND FINANCIAL MARKETS FORECLOSURE FORESTS HETEROGENEITY HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING IMPROVED LAND INSURANCE LABOR MARKETS LAND ACQUISITION LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND CLAIMS LAND ECONOMICS LAND EXPROPRIATION LAND GRABBING LAND MARKET LAND MARKETS LAND OWNERS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PARCELS LAND RECORDS LAND REGISTRATION LAND RESOURCES LAND RIGHTS LAND SALES LAND TENURE LAND TITLING LAND TRANSACTIONS LAND TRANSFER LAND TRANSFERS LAND USE LAND USE PLANNING LAND VALUE LAND VALUES LANDLESSNESS LANDLORDS LANDS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL PROTECTION LEGAL PROVISIONS LEGISLATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANDATES MARGINAL LANDS MARKET VALUE NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES OPEN ACCESS PARTNERSHIP POINTS PRIVATE LAND PRIVATE PROPERTY PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS PRIVATIZATION PROPERTY RIGHTS PROPERTY TITLES PROPERTY VALUE PUBLIC SERVICES RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SOIL SOIL CONSERVATION SOIL DEGRADATION SOIL QUALITY SQUATTERS TRANSACTION COSTS VILLAGES WAGES WOMEN AND PROPERTY RIGHTS AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB ACCESS TO LAND AGENTS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BANKS COMMONS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMPENSATION CONSTRUCTION DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMINENT DOMAIN EMPLOYMENT FAIR MARKET VALUE FARMLAND FINANCIAL MARKETS FORECLOSURE FORESTS HETEROGENEITY HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING IMPROVED LAND INSURANCE LABOR MARKETS LAND ACQUISITION LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND CLAIMS LAND ECONOMICS LAND EXPROPRIATION LAND GRABBING LAND MARKET LAND MARKETS LAND OWNERS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PARCELS LAND RECORDS LAND REGISTRATION LAND RESOURCES LAND RIGHTS LAND SALES LAND TENURE LAND TITLING LAND TRANSACTIONS LAND TRANSFER LAND TRANSFERS LAND USE LAND USE PLANNING LAND VALUE LAND VALUES LANDLESSNESS LANDLORDS LANDS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL PROTECTION LEGAL PROVISIONS LEGISLATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANDATES MARGINAL LANDS MARKET VALUE NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES OPEN ACCESS PARTNERSHIP POINTS PRIVATE LAND PRIVATE PROPERTY PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS PRIVATIZATION PROPERTY RIGHTS PROPERTY TITLES PROPERTY VALUE PUBLIC SERVICES RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SOIL SOIL CONSERVATION SOIL DEGRADATION SOIL QUALITY SQUATTERS TRANSACTION COSTS VILLAGES WAGES WOMEN AND PROPERTY RIGHTS AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB |
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ACCESS TO LAND AGENTS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BANKS COMMONS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMPENSATION CONSTRUCTION DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMINENT DOMAIN EMPLOYMENT FAIR MARKET VALUE FARMLAND FINANCIAL MARKETS FORECLOSURE FORESTS HETEROGENEITY HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING IMPROVED LAND INSURANCE LABOR MARKETS LAND ACQUISITION LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND CLAIMS LAND ECONOMICS LAND EXPROPRIATION LAND GRABBING LAND MARKET LAND MARKETS LAND OWNERS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PARCELS LAND RECORDS LAND REGISTRATION LAND RESOURCES LAND RIGHTS LAND SALES LAND TENURE LAND TITLING LAND TRANSACTIONS LAND TRANSFER LAND TRANSFERS LAND USE LAND USE PLANNING LAND VALUE LAND VALUES LANDLESSNESS LANDLORDS LANDS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL PROTECTION LEGAL PROVISIONS LEGISLATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANDATES MARGINAL LANDS MARKET VALUE NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES OPEN ACCESS PARTNERSHIP POINTS PRIVATE LAND PRIVATE PROPERTY PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS PRIVATIZATION PROPERTY RIGHTS PROPERTY TITLES PROPERTY VALUE PUBLIC SERVICES RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SOIL SOIL CONSERVATION SOIL DEGRADATION SOIL QUALITY SQUATTERS TRANSACTION COSTS VILLAGES WAGES WOMEN AND PROPERTY RIGHTS AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB ACCESS TO LAND AGENTS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BANKS COMMONS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMPENSATION CONSTRUCTION DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMINENT DOMAIN EMPLOYMENT FAIR MARKET VALUE FARMLAND FINANCIAL MARKETS FORECLOSURE FORESTS HETEROGENEITY HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING IMPROVED LAND INSURANCE LABOR MARKETS LAND ACQUISITION LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND CLAIMS LAND ECONOMICS LAND EXPROPRIATION LAND GRABBING LAND MARKET LAND MARKETS LAND OWNERS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PARCELS LAND RECORDS LAND REGISTRATION LAND RESOURCES LAND RIGHTS LAND SALES LAND TENURE LAND TITLING LAND TRANSACTIONS LAND TRANSFER LAND TRANSFERS LAND USE LAND USE PLANNING LAND VALUE LAND VALUES LANDLESSNESS LANDLORDS LANDS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL PROTECTION LEGAL PROVISIONS LEGISLATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANDATES MARGINAL LANDS MARKET VALUE NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES OPEN ACCESS PARTNERSHIP POINTS PRIVATE LAND PRIVATE PROPERTY PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS PRIVATIZATION PROPERTY RIGHTS PROPERTY TITLES PROPERTY VALUE PUBLIC SERVICES RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SOIL SOIL CONSERVATION SOIL DEGRADATION SOIL QUALITY SQUATTERS TRANSACTION COSTS VILLAGES WAGES WOMEN AND PROPERTY RIGHTS AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB Ali, Daniel Ayalew Deininger, Klaus Goldstein, Markus Environmental and Gender Impacts of Land Tenure Regularization in Africa : Pilot Evidence from Rwanda |
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Although increased global demand for
land has led to renewed interest in African land tenure, few
models to address these issues quickly and at the required
scale have been identified or evaluated. The case of
Rwanda's nation-wide and relatively low-cost land
tenure regularization program is thus of great interest.
This paper evaluates the short-term impact (some 2.5 years
after completion) of the pilots undertaken to fine-tune the
approach using a geographic discontinuity design with
spatial fixed effects. Three key findings emerge from the
analysis. First, the program improved land access for
legally married women (about 76 percent of married couples)
and prompted better recordation of inheritance rights
without gender bias. Second, the analysis finds a very large
impact on investment and maintenance of soil conservation
measures. This effect was particularly pronounced for female
headed households, suggesting that this group had suffered
from high levels of tenure insecurity, which the program
managed to reduce. Third, land market activity declined,
allowing rejection of the hypothesis that the program caused
a wave of distress sales or widespread landlessness by
vulnerable people. Implications for program design and
policy are discussed. |
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ACCESS TO LAND AGENTS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BANKS COMMONS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMPENSATION CONSTRUCTION DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMINENT DOMAIN EMPLOYMENT FAIR MARKET VALUE FARMLAND FINANCIAL MARKETS FORECLOSURE FORESTS HETEROGENEITY HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING IMPROVED LAND INSURANCE LABOR MARKETS LAND ACQUISITION LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND CLAIMS LAND ECONOMICS LAND EXPROPRIATION LAND GRABBING LAND MARKET LAND MARKETS LAND OWNERS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PARCELS LAND RECORDS LAND REGISTRATION LAND RESOURCES LAND RIGHTS LAND SALES LAND TENURE LAND TITLING LAND TRANSACTIONS LAND TRANSFER LAND TRANSFERS LAND USE LAND USE PLANNING LAND VALUE LAND VALUES LANDLESSNESS LANDLORDS LANDS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL PROTECTION LEGAL PROVISIONS LEGISLATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANDATES MARGINAL LANDS MARKET VALUE NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES OPEN ACCESS PARTNERSHIP POINTS PRIVATE LAND PRIVATE PROPERTY PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS PRIVATIZATION PROPERTY RIGHTS PROPERTY TITLES PROPERTY VALUE PUBLIC SERVICES RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SOIL SOIL CONSERVATION SOIL DEGRADATION SOIL QUALITY SQUATTERS TRANSACTION COSTS VILLAGES WAGES WOMEN AND PROPERTY RIGHTS AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB |
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Ali, Daniel Ayalew Deininger, Klaus Goldstein, Markus |
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Ali, Daniel Ayalew Deininger, Klaus Goldstein, Markus |
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Ali, Daniel Ayalew |
title |
Environmental and Gender Impacts of Land Tenure Regularization in Africa : Pilot Evidence from Rwanda |
title_short |
Environmental and Gender Impacts of Land Tenure Regularization in Africa : Pilot Evidence from Rwanda |
title_full |
Environmental and Gender Impacts of Land Tenure Regularization in Africa : Pilot Evidence from Rwanda |
title_fullStr |
Environmental and Gender Impacts of Land Tenure Regularization in Africa : Pilot Evidence from Rwanda |
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Environmental and Gender Impacts of Land Tenure Regularization in Africa : Pilot Evidence from Rwanda |
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environmental and gender impacts of land tenure regularization in africa : pilot evidence from rwanda |
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2011-08-01 |
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