Using property law to expand agroecology: Scotland’s land reforms based on human rights

Siraj Sait and Hilary Lim Land , Law and Islam Property and Human Rights in

Are Land Reforms Granting Complete Property Rights Politically Risky? Electoral Outcomes of Mexico's Certification Program 1

What is the impact on voting behavior of strengthening property rights over agricultural land? To answer this question, we use the 14 year nationwide rollout of Mexico’s land certification program (Procede) and match affected communities (ejidos) before and after the change in property rights with voting outcomes in corresponding electoral sections across six federal election cycles. We find th...

Are land reforms granting complete property rights politically risky? Electoral outcomes of Mexico's certification program

☆ We are grateful to Pranab Bardhan, Kyle Emerick, Dilip Platteau for their helpful suggestions. ⁎ Corresponding author at: University of California a Berkeley, CA 94720-3310, United States. Tel.: +1 510 6 E-mail address: [email protected] (E. Sadoule 1 In the context of international economic developme the role of formal property rights over assets in helping with the limited wealth they ...

Creating Property Rights: Land Banks in Ghana

Insecure property rights over land have multiple ramifications for agriculture and the organization of rural economic activity (Besley and Ghatak 2009). The risk that land will be expropriated deters investment. Insecure property rights reduce the ability of borrowers to pledge land as collateral and thus tighten credit constraints. Ill-defined property right over land can inhibit land transact...

Economic Development and Property Rights: Time Limits on Land Ownership

This article discusses the relationship between economic development and one aspect of property rights, a statute of limitations defining time limits on ownership claims. The analysis centers on property rights in land. This article argues that the available development opportunities shape the time limits on ownership claims that maximize property values, which in turn creates an inherent under...