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PROCEDE: a failed programme to reduce poverty and inequalities in MexicoThis paper analyses the land tenure reform that took place in Mexico in 1992 and its PROCEDE programme (Ejido Rights Certification Programme)...
Land tenure Poverty InequalitiesWorking Paper
Local Transformation in Rural Vietnam: A Commune Level AnalysisThis study documents the local transformation of rural Vietnamese communes in 12 different provinces from 2006 to 2014...
Agriculture Economic development Land reformJournal Article
Weather Shocks and Cropland Decisions in Rural MozambiqueEconomic development in low income settings is often associated with an expansion of higher-value agricultural activities...
Agriculture Climate change Economic developmentJournal Article
Evolution of Land Distribution in West Bengal 1967–2004: Role of Land Reform and Demographic ChangesPart of Journal Special Issue Land and Property Rights
Equality and inequality Household survey Land reformJournal Article
Trees, Tenure and Conflict: Rubber in Colonial BeninPart of Journal Special Issue Land and Property Rights
Agricultural industries Land reform Land tenureJournal Article
Poverty and Land RedistributionPart of Journal Special Issue Land and Property Rights
Economic development Land reform Land tenureBlog
Aid and our Changing Environment
4 July 2013 Roger Williamson On 4 June 2013 I attended an interesting effort on the part of UNU-WIDER to communicate research results to development policy makers and practitioners...
Agriculture Climate change Economic assistance and foreign aidBook Chapter
Access to Land: Market and Non-market Land Transactions in Rural VietnamBy applying a unified framework, this book examines the impact of land tenure reforms on poverty reduction and natural resource management in countries in Africa and Asia with highly diverse historical contexts...
Land reform Land tenure Land useBlog
From the Editor's Desk (December 2011)
Tony Addison With the end of the year fast approaching, we bring you the last Angle of 2011. Here in Helsinki, the shortest day of the year is nearly upon us when we will have six hours of daylight...
Finance Climate change Right of propertyWorking Paper
The Dynamics of Land Titling Regularization and Market DevelopmentWe study the effects of titles on parcel valuation and urban land market development (real estate transfers, rentals, and mortgages), and the dynamics of deregularization by exploiting a natural experiment in the allocation of land titles to very poo...
Deregulation Land reform Land tenureWorking Paper
Long-term Effects of Land Reform on Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from West BengalWe use data on inter-generational gains in educational attainment by some 500,000 individuals in 200 West Bengal villages to explore gender-differentiated impacts of land reform on human capital accumulation at the individual level...
Human capital Land reform Land tenureWorking Paper
Poverty and Land Distribution: Evidence from a Natural ExperimentWhile land reforms have long been motivated as a potential policy lever of rural growth and development, there is remarkably little evidence of the direct impacts of such reforms...
Economic development Land reform Land tenureWorking Paper
Evolution of Land Distribution in West Bengal 1967-2004: Role of Land ReformThis paper uses data from a household survey to estimate changes in land distribution in rural West Bengal between 1967-2004 and decompose these into contributions of different factors...
Equality and inequality Household survey Land reformWorking Paper
Transformation of the Family under Rising Land Pressure: A Theoretical EssayIf we understand well the individualization of land tenure rules under conditions of growing land scarcity and increased market integration, much less is known about the mode of evolution of the farm-cum-family units possessing the land...
Agriculture Families Land reformWorking Paper
Trees, Tenure and Conflict: Rubber in Colonial BeninTree crops have changed land tenure in Africa. Farmers have acquired more permanent, alienable rights, but have also faced disputes with competing claimants and the state...
Agricultural industries Land reform Land tenureProject meeting
Land Inequality, Conflict and Reform in LDCsUNU-WIDER's Project Meeting with world-renowned experts on ‘Land Inequality, Conflict and Reform in LDCs’. This meeting is part of UNU-WIDER’s project focusing on evolution of land inequality and the role of policies concerning...