We evaluate the short-term impact of a pilot land regularization program in Rwanda using a
geographic discontinuity design with spatial fixed effects. Three key findings emerge from …

The developmental impact of institutions to establish and maintain secure property rights to
land has been a subject of much debate. The authors review the literature on the impact of …

Although benefits from land registration are well documented conceptually, the empirical
literature largely focused on first-time registration rather than the recording of subsequent …

In 1898, during the Spanish–American War, the Philippines declared indepen-dence from
Spain. The United States did not acknowledge this declaration, suppressed an insurrection …

States are often minimally present in the rural periphery. Yet a limited presence does not
mean a limited impact. Isolated state actions in regions where the state is otherwise scarce …

The importance of well-functioning land markets for structural transformation via labor
movements to the non-agricultural sector, farm size growth, and the ability to use land as …

In coming decades, Africa's urban populations will expand, and the effects of climate change
be more keenly felt. Land policies and institutions will be key for urban dwellers to be able …

Abstract Rwanda's completion, in 2012/13, of a land tenure regularization program covering
the entire country allows the use of administrative data to describe initial performance and …

Bu çalışmada uluslar arası mülkiyet hakları indeksi 2008 yılı raporu verilerinden yola çıkarak
mülkiyet haklarının ekonomik gelişme açısından taşıdığı önem ele alınmıştır. Çalışmada …

By developing the concept of “global borderlands”—semi-autonomous, foreign-controlled
geographic locations geared toward international exchange—this article shifts the focus of …