Legal Knowledge and Economic Development: The Case of Land Rights in Uganda

Klaus Deininger, Daniel Ayalew and Takashi Yamano
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Daniel Ayalew Ali

No 25431, 2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia from International Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: Mixed evidence on the impact of formal title in much of Africa is often used to question the relevance of dealing with land policy issues in this continent. We use data from Uganda to assess the impact of a disaggregated set of rights on investment, productivity, and land values and to test the hypothesis that individuals' lack of knowledge of the new law reduces their tenure security. Results point towards strong and positive effects of greater tenure security and transferability. Use of exogenous knowledge of its provisions as a proxy for the value of the land law suggests that this piece of legislation had major economic benefits that remain to be fully realized.

Keywords: International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.25431

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