Title: Environmental and gender impacts of land tenure regularization in Africa : pilot evidence from Rwanda

Authors: Ali, Daniel Ayalew and Deininger, Klaus and Goldstein, Markus

Place: [Washington, DC]

Publisher: World bank

Year: 2011

Journal: Policy research working paper

Volume: WPS 5765

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: land tenure, land rights, women, public services, decentralization in government, governance, rwanda

Abstract: Decentralized, low-cost land tenure regularization in Rwanda improved land access for legally married women, stimulated investment and maintenance of soil conservation measures, and had no negative effect in terms of distress sales and consecutive landlessness.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-5765

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