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Measuring Land Tenure at the Individual Level: Lessons from Methodological Research in Armenia

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dc.contributor.authorGourlay, Sydney
dc.contributor.authorMaggio, Giuseppe
dc.contributor.authorSafyan, Anahit
dc.contributor.authorZezza, Alberto
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-17T18:48:07Z
dc.date.available2022-08-17T18:48:07Z
dc.date.issued2022-08
dc.description.abstractEvidence indicates that land rights are strongly associated with several indicators of well-being and development outcomes, including access to credit, resilience to shocks, productivity, and bargaining power. Accurately capturing gender differences in land rights is thus critical for development policy, prompting the need to shift from household-level land rights data collection to collecting more and better individual-level data on land rights. The importance of individual land rights has been recognized in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda, with the inclusion of two key indicators on land rights—SDG indicators 1.4.2 and 5.a.1. Although clear guidance exists for computing and monitoring these, the choice of data collection methods may influence the resulting indicators and the understanding of the underlying land rights. Specifically, research has shown that the use of proxy respondents in the collection of data on assets, including land, results in a biased understanding of men’s and women’s holdings vis-à-vis self-reporting. This paper uses data from a methodological experiment in Armenia to assess the implications of survey design—Snamely, respondent strategy and the level of disaggregation of land data—Son the measurement of individual land rights and SDG indicator monitoring. The findings suggest that in the context of Armenia, the measurement of SDG 5.a.1 and 1.4.2 (a) is robust to respondent approach and data disaggregation level, driven largely by the high rates of documentation. Meanwhile, land rights that are less objective, such as the right to bequeath and perception of tenure security, are sensitive to these survey design choices.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099453508162217176/IDU01d4176a606baa04a680b16706d9ebf6ef268
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10140
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/37896
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectLAND TENURE
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectLAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectRESILIENCE TO ECONOMIC SHOCK
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL LAND RIGHTS
dc.subjectFEMALE LAND TENURE INEQUITY
dc.titleMeasuring Land Tenure at the Individual Levelen
dc.title.subtitleLessons from Methodological Research in Armeniaen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.date.disclosure2022-08-16
okr.date.lastmodified2022-08-16T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099453508162217176/IDU01d4176a606baa04a680b16706d9ebf6ef268
okr.guid099453508162217176
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10140
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum33882650
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum33882650
okr.identifier.reportWPS10140
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099453508162217176/pdf/IDU01d4176a606baa04a680b16706d9ebf6ef268.pdfen
okr.region.countryArmenia
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Land Policies for Poverty Reduction
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Access to Finance
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Finance and Development
okr.unitData Production and Methods (DECPM)
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