Gendered Incidence and Impact of Tenure Insecurity on Agricultural Performance in Malawi’s Customary Tenure System

Malawi’s recent passage of Land Acts provide an opportunity to clarify different aspects of the country’s land tenure in an integrated way. To assess whether doing so might be economically justified, we explore incidence and impact of tenure insecurity among smallholders. Insecurity is not only wide...

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Main Authors:	Deininger, Klaus, Xia, Fang, Holden, Stein
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2018
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY LAND TENURE GENDER SMALLHOLDERS POVERTY REDUCTION
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29304

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spelling	okr-10986-293042021-05-25T10:54:43Z Gendered Incidence and Impact of Tenure Insecurity on Agricultural Performance in Malawi’s Customary Tenure System Deininger, Klaus Xia, Fang Holden, Stein AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY LAND TENURE GENDER SMALLHOLDERS POVERTY REDUCTION Malawi’s recent passage of Land Acts provide an opportunity to clarify different aspects of the country’s land tenure in an integrated way. To assess whether doing so might be economically justified, we explore incidence and impact of tenure insecurity among smallholders. Insecurity is not only widespread with 22 per cent of land users being concerned about losing their land but is also associated with a productivity loss of 12 per cent for female operators, equivalent to US$ 14 million per year at the national level, enough to pay for a nation-wide tenure regularization program in two to three years. 2018-02-02T16:38:45Z 2018-02-02T16:38:45Z 2019 Journal Article The Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29304 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Malawi
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topic	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY LAND TENURE GENDER SMALLHOLDERS POVERTY REDUCTION
spellingShingle	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY LAND TENURE GENDER SMALLHOLDERS POVERTY REDUCTION Deininger, Klaus Xia, Fang Holden, Stein Gendered Incidence and Impact of Tenure Insecurity on Agricultural Performance in Malawi’s Customary Tenure System
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description	Malawi’s recent passage of Land Acts provide an opportunity to clarify different aspects of the country’s land tenure in an integrated way. To assess whether doing so might be economically justified, we explore incidence and impact of tenure insecurity among smallholders. Insecurity is not only widespread with 22 per cent of land users being concerned about losing their land but is also associated with a productivity loss of 12 per cent for female operators, equivalent to US$ 14 million per year at the national level, enough to pay for a nation-wide tenure regularization program in two to three years.
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author	Deininger, Klaus Xia, Fang Holden, Stein
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title	Gendered Incidence and Impact of Tenure Insecurity on Agricultural Performance in Malawi’s Customary Tenure System
title_short	Gendered Incidence and Impact of Tenure Insecurity on Agricultural Performance in Malawi’s Customary Tenure System
title_full	Gendered Incidence and Impact of Tenure Insecurity on Agricultural Performance in Malawi’s Customary Tenure System
title_fullStr	Gendered Incidence and Impact of Tenure Insecurity on Agricultural Performance in Malawi’s Customary Tenure System
title_full_unstemmed	Gendered Incidence and Impact of Tenure Insecurity on Agricultural Performance in Malawi’s Customary Tenure System
title_sort	gendered incidence and impact of tenure insecurity on agricultural performance in malawi’s customary tenure system
publisher	Taylor and Francis
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Gendered Incidence and Impact of Tenure Insecurity on Agricultural Performance in Malawi’s Customary Tenure System

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