Land rights knowledge and conservation in rural Ethiopia: Mind the gender gap | Land Portal

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Date of publication: 
December 2014
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ISBN / Resource ID: 
IFPRI-p15738coll2-128480
Pages: 
36 pages

Using the 2009 round of the Ethiopian Rural Household Survey, this paper examines the medium-term impact of the land registration on investment behavior by households, particularly the adoption of soil conservation techniques and tree planting. It investigates whether men’s and women’s knowledge of their property rights under the land registration (as measured by answers to a list of questions regarding the provisions of the registration, covering such areas as tenure security, land transfer rights, and rights related to gender equity and inheritance) has an impact on these investments.

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Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Kumar, Neha

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The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. Established in 1975, IFPRI currently has more than 500 employees working in over 50 countries. It is a research center of theCGIAR Consortium, a worldwide partnership engaged in agricultural research for development.


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