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Impact of land administration programs on agricultural productivity and rural development: existing evidence, challenges and new approaches

Reports & Research
October, 2018
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
agriculture
farmers
farming systems
poverty
property rights
rural development
sustainable development
Investment in land administration projects is often considered key for agricultural productivity and rural development in developing countries. But the evidence on such interventions is remarkably mixed. This paper reviews the literature and discusses a number of challenges related to the analysis of the impacts of land administration programs, focusing on developing countries where the starting position is one of land administration systems based on the Napoleonic code, with existing individual rights that may be imperfect and insecure.
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Minutes from the 4th UK Land Policy Forum meeting, 26 April 2017

New Technologies for Mapping and Documenting Land Rights

Conference Papers & Reports
May, 2017
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
agricultural land management
community land rights
farmers
indigenous peoples' land rights
indigenous peoples' lands
land
land administration
land allocation
land area
land cover mapping
land economics
land inheritance rights
land investments
land management
land registration
land tenure
land tenure systems
land use mapping
landowners
property rights
sustainable development
sustainable land management
sustainable land use
This event, hosted at ODI in London, was convened to discuss the use of new technologies to map and document land rights, and their impact on land registration and administration, and pr
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Migrant Labor Markets and the Welfare of Rural Households in the Developing World : Evidence From China

May, 2012
China, Global
agriculture
expropriation
farmers
land tenure
property rights
rural areas
transaction costs
urban areas
In this paper, the authors examine the
impact of reductions in barriers to migration on the
consumption of rural households in China. The authors find
that increased migration from rural villages leads to
significant increases in consumption per capita, and that
this effect is stronger for poorer households within
villages. Household income per capita and non-durable
consumption per capita both increase with out-migration, and
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World Bank Assistance to Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa : An IEG Review

June, 2012
Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Global
agriculture
capacity development
farmers
food security
land reform
property rights
rural areas
rural development
sustainable development
This study assesses the development
effectiveness of World Bank assistance in addressing
constraints to agricultural development in Africa over the
period of fiscal years 1991-2006. This Independent
Evaluation Group (IEG) review of World Bank assistance to
agriculture in Africa has a twofold purpose. First, it is a
pilot for the proposed IEG study on Bank-wide assistance in
agriculture scheduled for fiscal year 2009. Second, the
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How Does Vietnam's Accession to the World Trade Organization Change the Spatial Incidence of Poverty?

May, 2012
Vietnam, Global
agriculture
farmers
food security
property rights
rural areas
urban areas
Trade policies can promote aggregate
efficiency, but the ensuing structural adjustments generally
create both winners and losers. From an incomes perspective,
trade liberalization can raise gross domestic product per
capita, but rates of emergence from poverty depend on
individual household characteristics of economic
participation and asset holding. To fully realize the growth
potential of trade, while limiting the risk of rising
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Research for Development : A World Bank Perspective on Future Directions for Research

March, 2012
Global
Urban Tenure
agriculture
development agencies
farmers
fisheries
land use
property rights
rural development
urbanization
This paper provides an overview of the
history of development research at the World Bank and points
to new future directions in both what we research and how we
research. Six main messages emerge. First, research and data
have long been essential elements of the Bank's country
programs and its contributions to global public goods, and
this will remain the case. Second, development thinking is
in a state of flux and uncertainty; it is time to reconsider
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Moldova - After the Global Crisis : Promoting Competitiveness and Shared Growth

March, 2012
Global, Moldova
agriculture
expropriation
farmers
property rights
This report argues that in the future
Moldova will need to develop a second engine of growth from
exports of goods and services. We argue that Moldova needs
to resurrect agro-based exports, to raise their value by
exporting to higher value markets, and develop service
exports in order to provide job opportunities for
underemployed tertiary graduates. To be successful in doing
so, the government will need to implement deep fiscal and
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Eco2 Cities : Ecological Cities as Economic Cities

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2012
Global
Land & Investments
rural development
land reform
land distribution
rights to the city
land management
land use
agriculture
land markets
land access
contract farming
land ownership
property rights
farmers
This book provides an overview of the
World Bank's Eco2 cities : ecological cities as
economic cities initiative. The objective of the Eco2 cities
initiative is to help cities in developing countries achieve
a greater degree of ecological and economic sustainability.
The book is divided into three parts. Part one describes the
Eco2 cities initiative framework. It describes the approach,
beginning with the background and rationale. Key challenges
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Rising Global Interest in Farmland : Can it Yield Sustainable and Equitable Benefits?

March, 2012
Global
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
agriculture
capacity development
climate change
common property
deforestation
farmers
farming systems
farmland
fisheries
food security
forest land
forestry
land consolidation
land markets
land reform
land rent
land rights
land tenure
land transfers
land use
land-use planning
pastoralists
property rights
rural development
rural population
sustainable development
sustainable land management
urbanization
zoning
Interest in farmland is rising. And,
given commodity price volatility, growing human and
environmental pressures, and worries about food security,
this interest will increase, especially in the developing
world. One of the highest development priorities in the
world must be to improve smallholder agricultural
productivity, especially in Africa. Smallholder productivity
is essential for reducing poverty and hunger, and more and
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Responding to Higher and More Volatile World Food Prices

March, 2013
Global
agriculture
farmers
food security
property rights
rural areas
Following the world food price spike in
2008 and again in 2011, there has been increased attention
on better understanding the drivers of food prices, their
impacts on the poor, and policy response options. This paper
provides a simple model that closely simulates actual
historical food price behavior around which the analysis of
the drivers of food price levels, volatility, and the
associated response options is derived. Future food prices