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Tenure Insecurity, Gender, Low-cost Land Certification and Land Rental Market Participation in Ethiopia

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: There is a renewed interest in whether land reforms can contribute to market development and poverty reduction in Africa. This paper assesses effects on the allocative efficiency of the land rental market of the low-cost approach to land registration and certification of restricted property rights that was implemented in Ethiopia in the late 1990s. Four rounds of a balanced household panel from 16 villages in northern Ethiopia are analysed, showing that land certification initially enhanced land rental market participation of (potential) tenant and landlord households, especially those that are headed by females.

Source: The Journal of Development Studies

DOI: 10.1080/00220381003706460

Authors: Stein T. Holden, Klaus Deininger, Hosaena Ghebru

Institutions: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, World Bank

Language: English

Topic: Land Rights and Reforms

Subfield: Soil Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: No poverty, Reduced inequalities, Decent work and economic growth, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

Funders: World Bank Group, Norges Forskningsråd, Mekelle University, Direktoratet for Utviklingssamarbeid