Land policies for growth and poverty reduction

By K. Deininger. 2003

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Land policies are of fundamental importance to sustainable growth, good governance, and the well-being of, and the economic opportunities open to, both rural and urban dwellers - particularly the poor. To this end, research on land policy, and analysis of interventions related to the subject, have long been of interest to the Bank's Research Department, and other academic, and civil society institutions. The report aims to strengthen the effectiveness of land policy in support of development, and poverty reduction, by setting out the results of recent research in a way that is accessible to a wide audience of policymakers, nongovernmental organizations, academics in the Bank's client countries, donor agency officials, and the broader development community. Its main message rests on three principles: 1) provision of secure tenure to land improves the welfare of the poor, particularly by enhancing the asset base of those whose land rights are often neglected, and, creates incentives needed for investment, paramount to sustainable economic growth; 2) facilitation of land exchange, and distribution, whether as an asset or for current services, at low cost, through markets, and non-market channels, will expedite land access by productive, but land-poor producers, so that once economic growth improves, financial markets would rely on the use of land as collateral; and, 3) governments' contribution to the promotion of socially desirable land allocation, and utilization. The report discusses mechanisms to promote tenure security, demonstrates the importance of rental market transactions, arguing the removal of impediments to these can generate equity advantages, and positive investments. It also illustrates mechanisms, ranging from taxation, to regulation and land use planning to address these issues.

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Tenure Insecurity, Gender, Low-cost Land Certification and Land Rental Market Participation in Ethiopia (2011, neutral): “This gives rise to the potential of the poor, who have often been excluded by high-cost approaches to benefit from land reform (Besley and Burgess, 2000; Cotula et al., 2004; Deininger, 2003).”
Land grab or development opportunity? Agricultural investment and international land deals in Africa. (2009, background): “The World Bank estimates that, across Africa, only between 2 and 10% of the land is held under formal land tenure; this mainly concerns urban land (Deininger, 2003).”
Looking back to see forward: the legal niceties of land theft in land rushes (2012, background): “Initially these off-limits areas around the continent are expansive, except in British South Africa where the Land Act of 1913 designates only 7 percent of the country as native areas, leaving inhabitants in the remainder with the choice of becoming wage labourers on what were their own lands or squ”
The Size Distribution of Farms and International Productivity Differences (2014, neutral): “For a documentation of such interventions see Ch.2 in Deininger (2003).”
The Rise of Large Farms in Land Abundant Countries: Do They Have a Future? (2011, background): “There are three reasons for the endurance of the family farm model even in rich countries (Allen and Lueck 1998, Binswanger and Deininger 1997, Deininger 2003).”
Doing Business 2020 (2019, background): “Comprende las provincias de Cajatambo (2), Canta (2), Huaral (3), Huarochirí (8), Oyón (1) y Yauyos (14).”
Struggling with Sustainability--A Comparative Framework for Evaluating Sustainable Development Programs (2004, background): “…of external conditions, markets and policies Even when a program is intended to influence only one particular community, if it hopes to have a sustained impact, it cannot afford to ignore the broader context in which that community is embedded (Coxhead, Rola, & Kim, 2001a; Deininger, 2003).”
Over the heads of local people: consultation, consent, and recompense in large-scale land deals for biofuels projects in Africa (2010, background): “The World Bank estimates that, across Africa, only between two and ten percent of the land is held under formal de jure land tenure and that this is mainly urban land (Deininger 2003).”
REDUCING THE GENDER GAP IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND ADVISORY SERVICES How to Find the Best Fit for Men and Women Farmers (2013, neutral): “Deininger (2003) argues that strengthening women’s land rights is central to increasing agricultural productivity and leads to greater human capital investments in the household.”
A systematic review of the socio-economic impacts of large-scale tree plantations, worldwide (2018, background): “…agricultural plantations carries a risk of threatening or displacing customary land uses (Cotula et al., 2014; Hall et al., 2015); particularly in Africa and Southeast Asia, where most rural areas remain under land use without formal recognition by the state (Deininger, 2003; Inguanzo, 2014).”
Land fragmentation and cropland abandonment in Albania: implications for the roles of state and community in post-socialist land consolidation (2009, background): “Agriculture also remains an important safety net for rural people (Deininger, 2003; Mathijs & Noev, 2004).”
Land fragmentation, cropland abandonment, and land market operation in Albania (2012, background): “On the contrary, leasing provides access to regular income streams in the form of rents (Deininger 2003) which, if land is transferred to more productive producers and markets are competitive, will be higher than what owners could obtain from self-cultivation (Deininger et al.”
How not to think of land-grabbing: three critiques of large-scale investments in farmland (2011, background): “The failure of a number of land reforms in the past—particularly in Latin America, when compared to the Asian reforms—has been attributed to the fact that failed reforms have focused on access to land solely, neglecting rural development policies (Deininger 2003 , 146).”