Do Overlapping Land Rights Reduce Agricultural Investment? Evidence from Uganda
While the need for land-related investment for sustainable land management and increased productivity is well recognized, quantitative evidence on agricultural productivity effects of secure property rights in Africa is scant. Within-household analysis of investments by owner-cum-occupants in Uganda points toward significant and quantitatively large investment effects of full ownership. Registration is estimated to have no investment effects, whereas measures to strengthen occupancy rights attenuate investment disincentives. While this supports the importance of secure tenure as a precondition for growth, it also suggests that interventions aiming to increase tenure security need to be context-specific for it to be fully effective.
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| Format: | Journal Article biblioteca |
| Language: | EN |
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2008
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| Subjects: | Economic Development: Agriculture, Natural Resources, Energy, Environment, Other Primary Products O130, Land Ownership and Tenure, Land Reform, Land Use, Irrigation, Agriculture and Environment Q150, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5613 |
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