Land Titles and Conflicts in Guatemala

Karen Macours

No 2017, Research Department Publications from Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department

Abstract: This paper analyzes the impact of formal property rights on plot use and credit access in 20 communities in Guatemala, and shows how these impacts differ depending on the community conflict context. The paper proposes a new instrument based on detailed information about the geographic location of the plots and historical titling processes to address the endogeneity concerns that are common in the property rights literature. The paper sheds light on whether the effect of land titles on plot use and credit access varies with the prevalence of conflicts and different types of conflict resolution mechanisms. The findings suggest that these factors might be crucial to understand the potential impacts on plot use of possible titling programs.

Keywords: Land titling; Conflicts; Latin America (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O12 O13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-03
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