Nicaragua - Land Policy and Administration : Toward a More Secure Property Rights Regime

Nicaragua - Land Policy and Administration : Toward a More Secure Property Rights Regime

This report centers on the problems stemming from land issues in Nicaragua. The report's main recommendations deal with four priority actions: institutional reform; adjustments to the legal framework; systematic regularization of land rights;...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Rural Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGRARIAN REFORM AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE ASSETS BANKS BEST USE BONDS COLLATERAL COMMUNAL LAND CREDIT MARKETS CROPS CROWDING OUT DEBT DEBT RESTRUCTURING DISTORTIONARY TAXES DUE DILIGENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC VALUE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ETHNIC MINORITIES EXPENDITURES EXPLOITATION FARMERS GENDER HOUSEHOLDS INCOME INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INTEGRATION INTEREST RATES LAND ACQUISITION LAND REFORM LAND SALES LAND TENURE LAND USE LAND USE PLANNING LAND VALUE LANDOWNERS LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL PROVISIONS LEGISLATION LIVELIHOODS LOCAL GOVERNMENT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MATURITY MUNICIPALITIES NATURAL RESOURCES PRIVATE PROPERTY PRIVATIZATION PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC GOODS REAL ESTATE REAL PROPERTY REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESOURCE CONSERVATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TAX COLLECTION TAXATION TRANSACTION COSTS URBAN LAND WAGES LAND RIGHTS LAND REDISTRIBUTION INSTITUTIONAL REFORM LEGAL & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK CONFLICT OVER CONTROL POLICY REFORM LAND VALUATION ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS POVERTY INCIDENCE LAND MARKETS PRODUCTIVITY ACCOUNTING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/2696051/nicaragua-land-policy-administration-toward-more-secure-property-rights-regime http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14650

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Summary:	This report centers on the problems stemming from land issues in Nicaragua. The report's main recommendations deal with four priority actions: institutional reform; adjustments to the legal framework; systematic regularization of land rights; and, firmly addressing previous land invasions, and preventing future invasions. The issue of land distribution, and ownership is especially critical in Nicaragua; indeed, the country underwent a revolution that aimed to redistribute land widely. As a result of policies adopted in the wake of the revolution, about 40 percent of all land in Nicaragua is now affected by conflicting claims. Such insecurity has a strong negative impact on how efficiently land is used, and how land can be transacted - which has important implications for economic growth, poverty reduction, and environmental protection. Dealing with land issues in Nicaragua is a priority - high levels of tenure insecurity, lack of clear property rights and the institutions to effectively administer them, which in turn precludes the development of land markets - and, the underutilization of productive resources - all of which contribute to adverse economic impacts, and inevitably, environmental degradation as well. The report looks at the incidence and impact of tenure insecurity in Nicaragua, at the legal and institutional issues underlying such insecurity ,and further issues policy recommendations.

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