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Property rights in a very poor country: tenure insecurity and investment in Ethiopia.

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This article provides evidence from one of the poorest countries in the world that the institutions of property rights matter for efficiency, investment, and growth. With all land state-owned, the threat of land redistribution never appears far off the agenda. Land rental and leasing have been made legal, but transfer rights remain restricted and the perception of continuing tenure insecurity remains quite strong. Using a unique panel data set, this study investigates whether transfer rights ...

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Publisher:
Blackwell Publishing Inc.
Journal:
Agricultural Economics
Volume:
42
Issue:
1
Pages:
75 - 86
Publication date:
2011-01-01
DOI:
ISSN:
0169-5150
Language:
English
UUID:
uuid:b83c3630-d34d-4d2e-8693-7c23e776543f
Local pid:
oai:economics.ouls.ox.ac.uk:15006
Deposit date:
2011-08-16

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