Environmental and Gender Impacts of Land Tenure Regularization in Africa : Pilot Evidence from Rwanda
Although recent developments have increased interest in African land tenure, Rwanda's nation-wide Land Tenure Regularization (LTR) program is one of a few models to address these issues at the required scale. An impact evaluation of this progr...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/386191468209367432/Environmental-and-gender-impacts-of-land-tenure-regularization-in-Africa-pilot-evidence-from-Rwanda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25527 |
| Summary: | Although recent developments have
increased interest in African land tenure, Rwanda's
nation-wide Land Tenure Regularization (LTR) program is one
of a few models to address these issues at the required
scale. An impact evaluation of this program highlights four
main effects; namely, 1) significant and large investment
impacts that are particularly pronounced for women; 2)
improved land access for legally married women and better
recordation of inheritance rights; 3) a reduction in the
probability of having documented land ownership for legally
unmarried women; and 4) a reduction in land market activity
rather than distress sales. A primary reason for the
Government of Rwanda to initiate LTR was to increase levels
of land tenure security. LTR also demonstrated a major
impact on inheritance related knowledge and awareness.
Authors found a significant increase in the likelihood that
landholders in the program areas would now know who would
inherit their parcel. |
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