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Impacts of Land Certification on Tenure Security, Investment, and Land Market Participation: Evidence from Ethiopia
- Land Economics
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Volume 87, Number 2, May 2011
- pp. 312-334
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While early attempts at land titling in Africa were often unsuccessful, factors such as new legislation, low-cost methods, and increasing demand for land have generated renewed interest. A four-period panel allows use of a pipeline and difference-in-differences approach to assess impacts of land registration in Ethiopia. We find that the program increased tenure security, land-related investment, and rental market participation and yielded benefits significantly above the cost of implementation.