Using Registry Data to Assess Gender-Differentiated Land and Credit Market Effects of Urban Land Policy Reform : Evidence from Lesotho

Using Registry Data to Assess Gender-Differentiated Land and Credit Market Effects of Urban Land Policy Reform : Evidence from Lesotho

Since 2010, Lesotho has implemented legal and institutional changes to allow female land ownership, established a new land agency, reduced the cost of registering land, and carried out systematic urban land titling. Analysis using administrative da...

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Main Authors: Ali, Daniel Ayalew, Deininger, Klaus
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:
URBAN LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND REFORM
LAND MARKET
CREDIT MARKET
POVERTY
GENDER
URBAN LAND POLICY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/748671622552943775/Using-Registry-Data-to-Assess-Gender-Differentiated-Land-and-Credit-Market-Effects-of-Urban-Land-Policy-Reform-Evidence-from-Lesotho
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spelling okr-10986-356432021-06-03T05:10:48Z Using Registry Data to Assess Gender-Differentiated Land and Credit Market Effects of Urban Land Policy Reform : Evidence from Lesotho Ali, Daniel Ayalew Deininger, Klaus URBAN LAND MANAGEMENT LAND REFORM LAND MARKET CREDIT MARKET POVERTY GENDER URBAN LAND POLICY Since 2010, Lesotho has implemented legal and institutional changes to allow female land ownership, established a new land agency, reduced the cost of registering land, and carried out systematic urban land titling. Analysis using administrative data shows that these reforms triggered discontinuous and sustained changes in quality of service delivery, female land ownership, and registered land sales and mortgage volume. Land and credit market activation is, however, exclusively due to policy reforms. While (subsidized) systematic land registration allows women to access documented land rights, these effects may not be sustained without further regulatory change, highlighting the importance of reducing fees and streamlining processes to improve urban land and financial market functioning as a key precondition for Africa’s expected wave of urbanization translating into productive cities and jobs. 2021-06-02T15:20:01Z 2021-06-02T15:20:01Z 2021-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/748671622552943775/Using-Registry-Data-to-Assess-Gender-Differentiated-Land-and-Credit-Market-Effects-of-Urban-Land-Policy-Reform-Evidence-from-Lesotho http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35643 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9681 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Lesotho
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topic URBAN LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND REFORM
LAND MARKET
CREDIT MARKET
POVERTY
GENDER
URBAN LAND POLICY
spellingShingle URBAN LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND REFORM
LAND MARKET
CREDIT MARKET
POVERTY
GENDER
URBAN LAND POLICY
Ali, Daniel Ayalew
Deininger, Klaus
Using Registry Data to Assess Gender-Differentiated Land and Credit Market Effects of Urban Land Policy Reform : Evidence from Lesotho
geographic_facet Africa
Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE)
Lesotho
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9681
description Since 2010, Lesotho has implemented legal and institutional changes to allow female land ownership, established a new land agency, reduced the cost of registering land, and carried out systematic urban land titling. Analysis using administrative data shows that these reforms triggered discontinuous and sustained changes in quality of service delivery, female land ownership, and registered land sales and mortgage volume. Land and credit market activation is, however, exclusively due to policy reforms. While (subsidized) systematic land registration allows women to access documented land rights, these effects may not be sustained without further regulatory change, highlighting the importance of reducing fees and streamlining processes to improve urban land and financial market functioning as a key precondition for Africa’s expected wave of urbanization translating into productive cities and jobs.
format Working Paper
author Ali, Daniel Ayalew
Deininger, Klaus
author_facet Ali, Daniel Ayalew
Deininger, Klaus
author_sort Ali, Daniel Ayalew
title Using Registry Data to Assess Gender-Differentiated Land and Credit Market Effects of Urban Land Policy Reform : Evidence from Lesotho
title_short Using Registry Data to Assess Gender-Differentiated Land and Credit Market Effects of Urban Land Policy Reform : Evidence from Lesotho
title_full Using Registry Data to Assess Gender-Differentiated Land and Credit Market Effects of Urban Land Policy Reform : Evidence from Lesotho
title_fullStr Using Registry Data to Assess Gender-Differentiated Land and Credit Market Effects of Urban Land Policy Reform : Evidence from Lesotho
title_full_unstemmed Using Registry Data to Assess Gender-Differentiated Land and Credit Market Effects of Urban Land Policy Reform : Evidence from Lesotho
title_sort using registry data to assess gender-differentiated land and credit market effects of urban land policy reform : evidence from lesotho
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/748671622552943775/Using-Registry-Data-to-Assess-Gender-Differentiated-Land-and-Credit-Market-Effects-of-Urban-Land-Policy-Reform-Evidence-from-Lesotho
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