Documents & Reports
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Formalizing rural land rights in West Africa : early evidence from a randomized impact evaluation in Benin : Formalisation des droits fonciers dans les zones rurales d'Afrique de l'Ouest : Résultats initiaux d'une étude expérimentale au Bénin (French)
This paper presents early evidence from the first large-scale randomized-controlled trial of a land formalization program. The study examines the links between land demarcation and investment in rural...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS7435 Document Date: April 6, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Goldstein,Markus P.,Houngbedji,Kenneth,Kondylis,Florence,O'Sullivan,Michael B.,Selod,Harris
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Securing property rights for women and men in rural Benin (English)
Women in Sub-Saharan Africa are less likely than men to own land. They also use less land and have lower tenure security over the land that they use. This gap is costly in terms of lost productive output...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 103188 Document Date: February 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Goldstein,Markus P.,Houngbedji,Kenneth,Kondylis,Florence,O'Sullivan,Michael B.,Selod,Harris
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Securing property rights for women and men in rural Benin : Mieux établir les droits fonciers des femmes et des hommes dans les zones rurales au Bénin (French)
Women in Sub-Saharan Africa are less likely than men to own land. They also use less land and have lower tenure security over the land that they use. This gap is costly in terms of lost productive output...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 103188 Document Date: February 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Goldstein,Markus P.,Houngbedji,Kenneth,Kondylis,Florence,O'Sullivan,Michael B.,Selod,Harris
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Formalizing rural land rights in West Africa : early evidence from a randomized impact evaluation in Benin (English)
This paper presents early evidence from the first large-scale randomized-controlled trial of a land formalization program. The study examines the links between land demarcation and investment in rural...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS7435 Document Date: October 8, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Goldstein,Markus P.,Houngbedji,Kenneth,Kondylis,Florence,O'Sullivan,Michael B.,Selod,Harris