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

This paper provides evidence from one of the poorest countries of the world that the 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 transfe...

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Main Authors: Ali, D, Dercon, S, Gautam, M
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank 2007