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Land policies for growth and poverty reduction /

This volume synthesizes insights from the vast literature on land policy, taking due account of actual experiences in policy implementation, and suggests ways to design land policies that promote growth as well as poverty reduction.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Deininger, Klaus W., 1962-
Corporate Author: World Bank.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : A copublication of the World Bank and Oxford University Press, Oxford [England], New York, c2003.
Series:World Bank policy research report.
Subjects:
Land tenure > Developing countries.
Land use > Government policy > Developing countries.
Land reform > Developing countries.
Farm ownership > Developing countries.
Right of property > Developing countries.
Rural poor > Developing countries.
Poverty > Developing countries.
Developing countries > Economic conditions.
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Table of Contents:
  • The importance of land policies
  • Property rights to land
  • Land transactions
  • Socially desirable land use
  • challenges ahead
  • 1. The relevance of land rights
  • Land policy in different regional contexts
  • The role of this report
  • 2. Property rights to land
  • The historical context
  • Conceptual framework
  • Demand for and impact of secure property rights
  • Policy implications
  • 3. Land transactions
  • Key factors affecting the functioning of rural land markets
  • Implications for land rental markets
  • Implications for land sales markets
  • Empirical evidence on land markets in different regions
  • Policy implications
  • 4. Fostering socially desirable land use
  • Restructuring the farm sector in CEE and CIS countries
  • Enhancing land access through land reform
  • Reducing the incidence and impact of land-related conflict land taxation
  • Devolution of control of state land
  • Land use policy in contexts
  • Continuity and change since 1975.

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