Impacts of land certification on tenure security, investment, and land market participation: evidence from Ethiopia

Peer Reviewed

While early attempts at land titling in Africa were often unsuccessful, factors such as new legislation, low-cost methods, and increasing demand for land have generated renewed interest.

A four-period panel allows use of a pipeline and
difference-indifferences
approach to assess impacts of land registration in
Ethiopia. We find that the program increased tenure security,
land-related investment, and rental market participation and
yielded benefits significantly above the cost of implementation.

Country
Sustainable Development Goals
Publication reference
Deininger, Klaus, Daniel Ayalew Ali and Tekie Alemu, 2011, "Impacts of Land Certification on Tenure Security, Investment, and Land Markets Evidence from Ethiopia", Land Economics, 87(2): 312-334, 2011.
Publication | 9 September 2008