IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/r/eee/wdevel/v25y1997i8p1317-1333.html

Impact of privatization on gender and property rights in Africa

Citations

Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
as


Cited by:

  1. van Koppen, Barbara, 2007. "Dispossession at the interface of community-based water law and permit systems," IWMI Books, Reports H040687, International Water Management Institute.
  2. Joireman, S.F., 2008. "The Mystery of Capital Formation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Women, Property Rights and Customary Law," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 36(7), pages 1233-1246, July.
  3. Céline Hoeks & Hossein Azadi & Parisa Rafiaani Khachak & Enrique Troyo-Dieguez & Steven Van Passel & Frank Witlox, 2014. "Reforming Land-Tenure Systems in South Africa: Routes to Socio-Economic and Agricultural Sustainability," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 32(6), pages 647-674, November.
  4. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela & di Gregorio, Monica & Dohrn, Stephan, 2008. "Decentralization, Pro-Poor Land Policies, and Democratic Governance," CAPRi Working Papers 44353, CGIAR, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  5. Peterman, A., 2010. "A review of empirical evidence on gender differences in nonland agricultural inputs, technology, and services in developing countries," IWMI Working Papers H043605, International Water Management Institute.
  6. Mustapahayuddin Abdul Khalim & Wan Zahari Wan Yusoff & Amilia Hasbullah & Fazira Shafie, 2025. "Governing Urban Land for Sustainable Development: Strategies for Equitable Access and Resource Management," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 9(8), pages 6252-6265, August.
  7. Akamandisa, Vincent & Behrman, Julia & Hope, Lesley & Karelina, Zhenya & Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela & Wielgosz, Ben & van Koppen, Barbara, 2012. "Putting Gender on the Map: Methods for mapping gendered farm management systems in Sub-Saharan Africa," IFPRI discussion papers 1153, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  8. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth & Quisumbing, Agnes & Doss, Cheryl & Theis, Sophie, 2019. "Women's land rights as a pathway to poverty reduction: Framework and review of available evidence," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 172(C), pages 72-82.
  9. Quisumbing, Agnes R. & Payongayong, Ellen M. & Otsuka, Keijiro, 2004. "Are Wealth Transfers Biased Against Girls? Gender Differences In Land Inheritance And Schooling Investment In Ghana'S Western Region," FCND Discussion Papers 60311, CGIAR, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  10. Leanne Roncolato & Nicholas Reksten & Caren Grown, 2017. "Engendering Growth Diagnostics: Examining Constraints to Private Investment and Entrepreneurship," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 35(2), pages 263-287, January.
  11. Casari, Marco & Lisciandra, Maurizio, 2015. "Gender Discrimination and Common Property Resources," IZA Discussion Papers 9601, IZA Network @ LISER.
  12. Doss, Cheryl & Meinzen-Dick, Ruth, 2020. "Land tenure security for women: A conceptual framework," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
  13. Nunez, Paula & Colmenero, Alberto, 2011. "Ague, agricultura y desarrollo: avances y retos para la reduccion de la pobreza," Revista Espanola de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Rural y Marino (formerly Ministry of Agriculture), issue 230, pages 1-28.
  14. Giesecke, J. A. & Tran, N. H. & Meagher, G. A. & Pang, F., 2011. "Growth and Change in the Vietnamese Labour Market: A decomposition of forecast trends in employment," Conference papers 332162, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.
  15. Doss, Cheryl R., 2001. "Designing Agricultural Technology for African Women Farmers: Lessons from 25 Years of Experience," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 29(12), pages 2075-2092, December.
  16. Ioana Botea & Markus Goldstein & Kenneth Houngbedji & Florence Kondylis & Michael O’Sullivan & Harris Selod, 2025. "Certified to Stay? Long-Run Experimental Evidence on Land Formalization and Widows’ Tenure Security in Benin," Working Papers 718, Center for Global Development.
  17. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. & Quisumbing, Agnes R. & Theis, Sophie & Doss, Cheryl R., 2017. "Women’s land rights as a pathway to poverty reduction: A framework and review of available evidence," IFPRI discussion papers 1663, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  18. Evelyn Namubiru-Mwaura, 2014. "Land Tenure and Gender : Approaches and Challenges for Strengthening Rural Women's Land Rights," World Bank Publications - Reports 21033, The World Bank Group.
  19. Valerie Mueller & Agnes Quisumbing & Hak Lim Lee & Klaus Droppelmann, 2014. "Resettlement for Food Security’s Sake: Insights from a Malawi Land Reform Project," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 90(2), pages 222-236.
  20. De Jong, Terah U. & Sauerwein, Titus, 2021. "State-owned minerals, village-owned land: How a shared property rights framework helped formalize artisanal diamond miners in Côte d’Ivoire between 1986 and 2016," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
  21. Quisumbing, Agnes R. & Pandolfelli, Lauren, 2010. "Promising Approaches to Address the Needs of Poor Female Farmers: Resources, Constraints, and Interventions," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 38(4), pages 581-592, April.
  22. Meinzen-Dick, R. & Nkonya, L., 2005. "Understanding legal pluralism in water rights: Lessons from Africa and Asia," IWMI Books, Reports H038746, International Water Management Institute.
  23. Mendola, Mariapia & Simtowe, Franklin, 2015. "The Welfare Impact of Land Redistribution: Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Initiative in Malawi," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 53-69.
  24. Deere, Carmen Diana & Leon, Magdalena, 2003. "The Gender Asset Gap: Land in Latin America," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 31(6), pages 925-947, June.
  25. Wheeler, Rachel, 1998. "Past And Present Land Tenure Systems In Albania: Patrilineal, Patriarchal, Family-Centered," Working Papers 12781, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Land Tenure Center.
  26. Bezabih, Mintewab & Holden, Stein, 2010. "The Role of Land Certification in Reducing Gender Gaps in Productivity in Rural Ethiopia," RFF Working Paper Series dp-10-23-efd, Resources for the Future.
  27. Hausermann, Heidi & Ferring, David & Atosona, Bernadette & Mentz, Graciela & Amankwah, Richard & Chang, Augustus & Hartfield, Kyle & Effah, Emmanuel & Asuamah, Grace Yeboah & Mansell, Coryanne & Sastr, 2018. "Land-grabbing, land-use transformation and social differentiation: Deconstructing “small-scale” in Ghana's recent gold rush," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 108(C), pages 103-114.
  28. Varley, Ann, 2007. "Gender and Property Formalization: Conventional and Alternative Approaches," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 35(10), pages 1739-1753, October.
  29. Isabel Lambrecht & Monica Schuster & Sarah Asare Samwini & Laura Pelleriaux, 2018. "Changing gender roles in agriculture? Evidence from 20 years of data in Ghana," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 49(6), pages 691-710, November.
  30. Bouquet, Emmanuelle, 2009. "State-Led Land Reform and Local Institutional Change: Land Titles, Land Markets and Tenure Security in Mexican Communities," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 37(8), pages 1390-1399, August.
  31. Adelman, Sarah & Peterman, Amber, 2014. "Resettlement and Gender Dimensions of Land Rights in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 583-596.
  32. Kotchikpa Gabriel Lawin & Lota Tamini, 2018. "Droits de propriété foncière et performance des petits producteurs agricoles des pays en développement : une synthèse de la littérature empirique," CIRANO Working Papers 2018s-05, CIRANO.
  33. Behrman, Julia A. & Johnson, Nancy & Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela & Njuki, Jemimah & Peterman, Amber & Quisumbing, Agnes R. & Rubin, Deborah & Waithanji, Elizabeth, 2011. "Gender, assets, and agricultural development programs: A conceptual framework," CAPRi working papers 99, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  34. Salmerón-Manzano, Esther & Manzano-Agugliaro, Francisco, 2023. "Worldwide research trends on land tenure," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 131(C).
  35. Quisumbing, Agnes R. & Payongayong, Ellen M. & Aidoo, J.B. & Otsuka, Keijiro, 1999. "Women'S Land Rights In The Transition To Individualized Ownership: Implications For The Management Of Tree Resources In Western Ghana," FCND Discussion Papers 94854, CGIAR, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  36. Kiran Asher & Annie Shattuck, 2017. "Forests and Food Security: What’s Gender Got to Do with It?," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 6(1), pages 1-16, March.
  37. Carolyn Lesorogol & Gina Chowa & David Ansong, 2013. "The Roles of Livestock Inheritance and Formal Education in Intergenerational Wealth Transmission among Pastoralists in Samburu District, Kenya," Journal of Developing Societies, , vol. 29(2), pages 213-232, June.
  38. Roy, Jessica & Crow, Ben, 2004. "Gender Relations and Access to Water: What We Want to Know About Social Relations and Women's Time Allocation," Center for Global, International and Regional Studies, Working Paper Series qt0m5033gv, Center for Global, International and Regional Studies, UC Santa Cruz.
  39. Carmen Diana Deere & Cheryl Doss, 2006. "The Gender Asset Gap: What Do We Know And Why Does It Matter?," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(1-2), pages 1-50.
  40. La Ferrara, Eliana, 2007. "Descent rules and strategic transfers. Evidence from matrilineal groups in Ghana," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 83(2), pages 280-301, July.
  41. Arndt, Channing & Benfica, Rui & Thurlow, James, 2011. "Gender Implications of Biofuels Expansion in Africa: The Case of Mozambique," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 39(9), pages 1649-1662, September.
  42. Hoffmann, Kasper & Pouliot, Mariève & Nalunva, Alice Mugoli & Lund, Christian & Banyanga, Eric Batumike & Mukungilwa, Bienvenu Wakusomba & Baganda, Stanislas Bisimwa & Mapatano, Jérémie Byakumbwa & Ka, 2025. "Everyday property-making: Negotiating land rights, precarity and public authority in urban Congo," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 158(C).
  43. Justin W. Webb & Theodore A. Khoury & Michael A. Hitt, 2020. "The Influence of Formal and Informal Institutional Voids on Entrepreneurship," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 44(3), pages 504-526, May.
  44. Margreet Zwarteveen & Ruth Meinzen-Dick, 2001. "Gender and property rights in the commons: Examples of water rights in South Asia," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 18(1), pages 11-25, March.
  45. Wineman, Ayala & Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O., 2017. "Land Markets and Land Access Among Female-Headed Households in Northwestern Tanzania," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 100(C), pages 108-122.
  46. repec:bjc:journl:v:12:y:2025:i:8:p:1320-1329 is not listed on IDEAS
  47. Jain, Charu & Saxena, Disha & Sen, Somnath & Sanan, Deepak, 2023. "Women’s land ownership in India: Evidence from digital land records," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 133(C).
  48. Channing Arndt & Rui Benfica & James Thurlow, 2010. "Gender Implications of Biofuels Expansion: A CGE Analysis for Mozambique," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2010-111, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  49. Peters, Pauline E., 2009. "Challenges in Land Tenure and Land Reform in Africa: Anthropological Contributions," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 37(8), pages 1317-1325, August.
  50. Quisumbing, Agnes R. & Otsuka, Keijiro, 2001. "Land Inheritance and Schooling in Matrilineal Societies: Evidence from Sumatra," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 29(12), pages 2093-2110, December.
  51. Mustapahayuddin Abdul Khalim & Wan Zahari Bin Wan Yusoff & Amilia Hasbullah & Fazira Shafie, 2025. "Legal and Social Frameworks for the Management of Unclaimed Property in Islamic Contexts," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 9(9), pages 884-898, September.
  52. Lambrecht, Isabel Brigitte, 2016. "“As a Husband I Will Love, Lead, and Provide.” Gendered Access to Land in Ghana," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 188-200.
  53. LeRoux-Rutledge, Emily, 2020. "Re-evaluating the “traditional”: How the South Sudanese use established gender narratives to advance women’s equality and empowerment," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 132(C).
  54. Arndt, Channing & Benfica, Rui & Thurlow, James, 2010. "Gender Implications of Biofuels Expansion: A CGE Analysis for Mozambique," WIDER Working Paper Series 111, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  55. Behrman, Julia A. & Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. & Quisumbing, Agnes R., 2011. "The gender implications of large-scale land deals," Policy briefs 17, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  56. Ann-Sofie Isaksson, 2015. "Unequal Property Rights: A Study of Land Right Inequalities in Rwanda," Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(1), pages 60-83, March.
  57. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth & Lambrecht, Isabel & Place, Frank & Chigbu, Uchendu Eugene & Monterroso, Iliana & Suhardiman, Diana, 2025. "Expanding tenure horizons in food policy research," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 137(C).
  58. Casari, Marco & Lisciandra, Maurizio, 2014. "Gender Discrimination and Common Property Resources: a Model," MPRA Paper 57712, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  59. Petrescu-Mag, Ruxandra Mălina & Petrescu, Dacinia Crina & Reti, Kinga-Olga, 2019. "My land is my food: Exploring social function of large land deals using food security–land deals relation in five Eastern European countries," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C), pages 729-741.
  60. Susie Jacobs, 2002. "Land reform: still a goal worth pursuing for rural women?," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 14(6), pages 887-898.
  61. van Koppen, Barbara, 2007. "Dispossession at the interface of community-based water law and permit systems," Book Chapters,, International Water Management Institute.
  62. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. & Brown, Lynn R. & Feldstein, Hilary Sims & Quisumbing, Agnes R., 1997. "Gender, property rights, and natural resources," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 25(8), pages 1303-1315, August.
  63. Alan Brauw, 2015. "Gender, control, and crop choice in northern Mozambique," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 46(3), pages 435-448, May.
  64. Dong, Xiao-Yuan & MacPhail, Fiona & Bowles, Paul & Ho, Samuel P. S., 2004. "Gender Segmentation at Work in China's Privatized Rural Industry: Some Evidence from Shandong and Jiangsu," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 32(6), pages 979-998, June.
  65. Umar, Bridget Bwalya & Kaluma, Ketiwe & Kapembwa, Julius & Membele, Garikai Martin, 2023. "Does the evidence match the rhetoric? Post-formalization land investments and credit access in Zambia: Cases from informal settlements in Lusaka City region," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 129(C).
  66. Bridget Bwalya Umar & Progress H. Nyanga, 2023. "Customary Land Certification, Governance and Natural Resource Use in Zambia: A Social Learning Approach," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 35(5), pages 997-1027, October.
  67. Aidoo, J. B. & Otsuka, Keijiro & Payongayong, Ellen & Quisumbing, Agnes R., 1999. "Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership," FCND discussion papers 58, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  68. Caitlin Kieran & Kathryn Sproule & Cheryl Doss & Agnes Quisumbing & Sung Mi Kim, 2015. "Examining gender inequalities in land rights indicators in Asia," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 46(S1), pages 119-138, November.
  69. German, Laura & Schoneveld, George & Mwangi, Esther, 2013. "Contemporary Processes of Large-Scale Land Acquisition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Legal Deficiency or Elite Capture of the Rule of Law?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 1-18.
  70. Lambrecht, Isabel B., 2016. "“As a husband I will love, lead, and provide†: Gendered access to land in Ghana," IFPRI discussion papers 1514, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  71. German, Laura & Mazengia, Waga & Tirwomwe, Wilberforce & Ayele, Shenkut & Tanui, Joseph & Nyangas, Simon & Begashaw, Leulseged & Taye, Hailemichael & Admassu, Zenebe & Tsegaye, Mesfin & Alinyo, Franci, 2008. "Enabling Equitable Collective Action and Policy Change for Poverty Reduction and Improved Natural Resource Management in the Eastern African Highlands," CAPRi Working Papers 44359, CGIAR, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  72. Ghebru, Hosaena & Khan, Huma & Lambrecht, Isabel, 2016. "Perceived land tenure security and rural transformation: Empirical evidence from Ghana," IFPRI discussion papers 1545, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  73. Klaus Deininger & Songqing Jin, 2008. "Land Sales and Rental Markets in Transition: Evidence from Rural Vietnam," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 70(1), pages 67-101, February.
  74. Pauline Peters, 2007. "Challenges in Land Tenure and Land Reform in Africa: An Anthropological Perspective," CID Working Papers 141, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
  75. Kathryn Sproule & Caitlin Kieran & Agnes Quisumbing & Cheryl Doss, 2015. "Gender, Headship, and the Life Cycle: Landownership in Four Asian Countries," Working Papers id:7807, eSocialSciences.
  76. Thomas Vendryes, 2014. "Peasants Against Private Property Rights: A Review Of The Literature," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(5), pages 971-995, December.
  77. Feyertag, Joseph & Childress, Malcolm & Langdown, Ian & Locke, Anna & Nizalov, Denys, 2021. "How does gender affect the perceived security of land and property rights? Evidence from 33 countries," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
  78. Ephraim Kabunda Munshifwa & Roy Alexander Chileshe & Niraj Jain, 2020. "Evolution of Customary Land Tenure Institutions in Zambia: The Case of Lufwanyama District in the Copperbelt Province," Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, Centre for Agrarian Research and Education for South, vol. 9(2), pages 117-143, August.
  79. E. Wairimu Mwangi & J. Mark Erbaugh & Kallunde Sibuga & Amon Maerere & Monica Waiganjo, 2015. "Gendered and Contextual Factors in the Design of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Programs for Tomato Growers in East Africa," International Journal of Social Science Research, Macrothink Institute, vol. 3(2), pages 56-72, September.
  80. Ruth Meinzen-Dick & Margreet Zwarteveen, 1998. "Gendered participation in water management: Issues and illustrations from water users‘ associations in South Asia," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 15(4), pages 337-345, December.
  81. Peterman, Amber & Behrman, Julia & Quisumbing, Agnes, "undated". "A review of empirical evidence on gender differences in non-land agricultural inputs, technology, and services in developing countries," ESA Working Papers 289010, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA).
  82. Gwendoline Promsopha, 2018. "Risk†Coping, Land Tenure And Land Markets: An Overview Of The Literature," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 32(1), pages 176-193, February.
  83. Brück, Tilman & Schindler, Kati, 2009. "Smallholder Land Access in Post-War Northern Mozambique," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 37(8), pages 1379-1389, August.
  84. Machiko Nissanke & Alice Sindzingre, 2006. "Institutional Foundations for Shared Growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 18(3), pages 353-391.
  85. Place, Frank, 2009. "Land Tenure and Agricultural Productivity in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of the Economics Literature and Recent Policy Strategies and Reforms," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 37(8), pages 1326-1336, August.
  86. German, L. & Ayele, Seife & Tanui, J. & Nyangas, S. & Taye, H. & Admassu, Z. & Mazengia, W. & Tirwomwe, W. & Begashaw, L. & Tsegaye, M. & Alinyo, F. & Mekonnen, A. & Aberra, K. & Chemangeni, A. & Chep, 2008. "Enabling equitable collective action and policy change for poverty reduction and improved natural resource management in the Eastern African highlands," CAPRi working papers 86, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  87. Tom Bundervoet, 2006. "Livestock, Activity Choices and Conflict: Evidence from Burundi," HiCN Working Papers 24, Households in Conflict Network.
  88. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela & Brown, Lynn R. & Feldstein, Hilary Sims & Quisumbing, Agnes R., 1997. "Gender, Property Rights, and Natural Resources," FCND Discussion Papers 42662, CGIAR, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  89. Mengesha, Ayelech Kidie & Damyanovic, Doris & Mansberger, Reinfried & Agegnehu, Sayeh Kassaw & Stoeglehner, Gernot, 2021. "Reducing gender inequalities through land titling? The case of Gozamin Woreda," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 145(C).
  90. Dzodzi  Tsikata, 2016. "Gender, Land Tenure and Agrarian Production Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa," Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, Centre for Agrarian Research and Education for South, vol. 5(1), pages 1-19, April.
  91. Meinzen-Dick, R. & Nkonya, L., 2007. "Understanding legal pluralism in water and land rights: lessons from Africa and Asia," IWMI Books, Reports H040685, International Water Management Institute.
  92. Campus, Daniela, "undated". "Gender differentials in agricultural productivity: an empirical evidence from Uganda," 2017 Sixth AIEAA Conference, June 15-16, Piacenza, Italy 261259, Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA).
  93. Behrman, Julia & Beintema, Nienke & Biermayr-Jenzano, Patricia & Meinzen-Dick, Ruth & Noordeloos, Marco & Quisumbing, Agnes & Ragasa, Catherine & Wilde, Vicki, 2010. "Engendering agricultural research," IFPRI discussion papers 973, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.