Publisher Summary This chapter inquires into the efficiency and equity consequences of
rental and sales markets for agricultural land in the developing world. Most of the work on …

What patterns can be discerned in the distribution of farm sizes across countries and over
time? How does the behavior of individual economic agents interact with the natural …

This paper examines the link between property rights and investment incentives. I develop
three theoretical arguments based on security of tenure, using land as collateral and …

We examine the impact of ambiguous and contested land rights on investment and
productivity in agriculture in Akwapim, Ghana. We show that individuals who hold powerful …

Social capital is an essential complement to the concepts of natural, physical and human
capital and can be usedfor beneficial or harmful ends-or simply be allowed to dissipate …

Africa has had slow growth and a massive exodus of capital. In many respects it has been
the most capital-hostile region. We review and interpret the aggregate-level and …

The evolutionary theory of land rights can be considered the dominant framework of analysis
used by mainstream economists to assess the land tenure situation in developing countries …

In order for economic specialization to develop, it is important that well-defined property
rights are established and that suspicion and fear of fraud do not pervade transactions. Such …

The study of collective action has matured dramatically since Mancur Olson challenged
scholars by positing a general theory in his pathbreaking book on The Logic of Collective …

We use a large data set from Ethiopia that differentiates tenure security and transferability to
explore determinants of different types of land-related investment and its possible impact on …