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Tenure security and land-related investment - evidence from Ethiopia [PDF]

open access: yes
The authors use a large data set from Ethiopia that differentiates tenure security and transferability to explore determinants of different types of land-related investment and its possible impact on productivity.
Adenew, Berhanu   +4 more
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Reforming land rights in Africa [PDF]

open access: yes
"Advocates of reforms in land rights and land markets frequently posit two important hypotheses: (1) African countries must grant land titles to farmers because titles increase land tenure security and facilitate access to input, land, and financial ...
Ngaido, Tidiane
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The effect of deforestation rate on land tenure in Central Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The CoForTips project aims at the promotion of better management of the forest of the Congo Basin by presenting to the policy makers plausible scenarios of social and ecological systems evolution.
Codina Llavina, Elisabet   +4 more
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Security of Tenure and Land Registration in Africa: Literature Review and Synthesis [PDF]

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In 1984, the Land Tenure Center embarked on a project to evaluate the experiences with land registration and tenure reform in Africa. The goal was to determine is African states been able to use tenure reform and land registration to provide greater ...
Barnes, Grenville   +7 more
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LAND MARKETS AND LEGAL CONTRADICTIONS IN THE PERI-URBAN AREA OF ACCRA GHANA: INFORMANT INTERVIEWS AND SECONDARY DATA INVESTIGATIONS [PDF]

open access: yes
The peri-urban area of Accra is experiencing a rapid transformation. A robust urban and agricultural land market has emerged, characterized by purchases, rapidly rising real land prices, and outsiders from Accra acquiring agricultural holdings for ...
Cochrane, Jeffrey A.   +3 more
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Slow, stealthy and steady – capacity development to address land tenure issues in development programmes: experiences of the IFAD/GLTN TSLI-ESA Project

open access: yesAfrican Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2019
Land and natural resource tenure security is a central yet often neglected area for economic development and poverty reduction in the developing world. Land is fundamental to the lives of poor rural people.
Agatha Achieng Wanyonyi   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Exploring legal tenure security in Malaysia: does formal titling ensures rights to land owners?

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences
One of the main objectives of establishing a land management system is to acquire land tenure security. Although there are several layers to the idea of tenure security, the most widely held opinion is that obtaining such security has frequently been ...
Shahrul Natasha Halid, Jady Zaidi Hassim
doaj   +1 more source

The Effects of Changing Technology: The Impacts of a Changing Cost Structure on Land Tenure Arrangements in the Mississippi Delta, 1996 - 2004 [PDF]

open access: yes
Genetically modified (GM) cotton varieties have changed many aspects of cotton production in the United States. The advent of GM varieties has fueled the ongoing trend of increasing farm size and fewer farmers.
Anderson, John D.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Examining Connections between Gendered Dimensions of Inequality and Deforestation in Nepal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The United Nations recognizes empowering women as a key component of achieving numerous development-related goals. Qualitative studies suggest that communities where men and women have equal levels of agency over resource allocation and land tenure ...
Shafron, Ethan S
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