Title: Assessing the impact of customary land rights registration on credit access by farmers in Tanzania : a case study in Mbozi district

Authors: Sanga, Romanus Titus

Place: Enschede

Publisher: [University of Twente]. International institute for geo-information science and earth observation (ITC)

Year: 2009

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: customary law, poverty alleviation, agricultural credit, banks, tanzania

Abstract: The extent to which rural land titling conducted by a customary land administration system has managed to promote poor farmers in accessing credit was examined in Mbozi district, Tanzania. It was found that loans were provided only in areas with high monetary land value and to large-scale farmers.

URL: http://www.itc.nl/library/papers_2009/msc/gimla/sanga.pdf

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