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   Réforme agraire: Colonisation et coopératives agricoles 2004/2

   Journal Articles & Books

   December, 2004

   Angola, Egypt, Malawi, Burkina Faso, Namibia, Guinea-Bissau, Bolivia, Côte d'Ivoire, Congo, Djibouti, Guinea, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Colombia, Indonesia, Cyprus, South Africa, Lesotho, Uganda, Madagascar, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Africa, Americas

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Forest Tenure

   property rights

   land governance

   land tenure

   land rights

   private ownership

   forest conservation

   land reform

   land ownership

   The second volume of Land Reform, Land Settlement and Cooperatives for 2004 comprises eight articles that examine a range of areas central to land tenure activity. They provide a stimulating and, in some cases, critical set of perspectives on how best to tackle some of these issues.

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   Drivers of Sustainable Rural Growth and Poverty Reduction in Central America : Honduras Case Study, Volume 1. Executive Summary and Main Text

   July, 2013

   Central America, Honduras

   Urban Tenure

   agriculture

   capacity development

   deforestation

   farming systems

   food security

   forestry

   land

   land degradation

   land reform

   property rights

   rural areas

   rural development

   rural population

   sustainable development

   transaction costs

   urbanization

   This regional study encompasses three
   Central American countries: Nicaragua, Guatemala, and
   Honduras. The focus of this report is Honduras. The
   objective of the study is to understand how broad-based
   economic growth can be stimulated and sustained in rural
   Central America. The study identifies "drivers" of
   sustainable rural growth and poverty reduction. Drivers are
   defined as the assets and combinations of assets needed by
   

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   Mexico : Land Policy--A Decade after the Ejido Reform

   August, 2013

   Mexico

   Urban Tenure

   Land & Investments

   agriculture

   common property

   decentralization

   farmers

   forestry

   land reform

   land use

   property rights

   rural development

   rural population

   sustainable development

   transaction costs

   urbanization

   land markets

   This study aims to assess the extent to
   which reforms have actually been implemented, the impact
   they have had on the rural population, and the challenges
   which, as a consequence, need to be addressed by the new
   administration. This report is organized as follows: Section
   1 describes Mexico's rural economy. It reviews the
   broad context of macro, trade, and sector-level reforms, the
   strengths and weaknesses of both the productive and
   

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   Investment and Income Effects of Land Regularization : The Case of Nicaragua

   September, 2013

   Nicaragua

   land tenure

   agriculture

   forestry

   land ownership

   land reform

   land rights

   land titling

   land use

   property rights

   transaction costs

   The authors use data from Nicaragua to
   examine the impact of the award of registered and
   nonregistered title on land values and on investments
   attached to land. They find that receipt of registered title
   increases land values by 30 percent and greatly increases
   the propensity to invest, bringing investment closer to the
   optimum. Consistent with descriptive statistics indicating
   great demand for regularization of land rights, especially