Formalization without Certification? : Experimental Evidence on Property Rights and Investment

We present evidence from the first large-scale randomized-controlled trial of a land formalization program. We examine the link between land demarcation and investment in rural Benin in light of a model of agricultural production under insecure tenure. The demarcation process involved communities in...

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Main Authors: Goldstein, Markus, Houngbedji, Kenneth, Kondylis, Florence, O'Sullivan, Michael, Selod, Harris
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29192