Publication: Environmental and Gender Impacts of Land Tenure Regularization in Africa: Pilot Evidence from Rwanda
Date
2011-09
ISSN
Published
2011-09
Abstract
Although recent developments have
increased interest in African land tenure, Rwanda's
nation-wide Land Tenure Regularization (LTR) program is one
of a few models to address these issues at the required
scale. An impact evaluation of this program highlights four
main effects; namely, 1) significant and large investment
impacts that are particularly pronounced for women; 2)
improved land access for legally married women and better
recordation of inheritance rights; 3) a reduction in the
probability of having documented land ownership for legally
unmarried women; and 4) a reduction in land market activity
rather than distress sales. A primary reason for the
Government of Rwanda to initiate LTR was to increase levels
of land tenure security. LTR also demonstrated a major
impact on inheritance related knowledge and awareness.
Authors found a significant increase in the likelihood that
landholders in the program areas would now know who would
inherit their parcel.
Citation
“Ali, Daniel Ayalew; Deininger, Klaus; Goldstein, Markus. 2011. Environmental and Gender Impacts of Land Tenure Regularization in Africa: Pilot Evidence from Rwanda. Africa Region Gender Practice Policy Brief;No. 2. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25527 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”