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Property rights for poverty reduction

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  • Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
  • Kameri-Mbote, Patricia
  • Markelova, Helen

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This paper reviews the links between property rights and poverty reduction. Poor people not only lack current income, but also assets with which to generate incomes. Billions of poor people have access to land which may not be legally recognized. While legislation may provide more secure land tenure for the poor and thus reduce poverty, this outcome is not guaranteed. Policies that do not recognize the complexity of property rights have backfired, reducing poor people’s security of tenure. Finally, understanding legal pluralism can lead to more effective policies and interventions to strengthen poor people’s control over assets.
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  • Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. & Kameri-Mbote, Patricia & Markelova, Helen, 2007. "Property rights for poverty reduction," 2020 vision briefs BB21 Special Edition, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:fpr:2020br:bb21
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    JEL classification:

    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General

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