The Distributive Impact of Land Markets in Uganda

Baland, Jean‐Marie; Gaspart, Frédéric; Platteau, Jealn-Philippe; Place, Frank

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“…The decree abolished freehold and mailo ownership and converted all land held under these categories into leasehold but made no attempt to resolve the problem of overlapping land rights (Baland et al 2007). In fact, overlapping rights (kibanjas) have become common outside of traditional mailo areas as well.…”

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Do Overlapping Land Rights Reduce Agricultural Investment? Evidence from Uganda

Deininger

Ali

2008

American J Agri Economics

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While the need for land‐related investment for sustainable land management and increased productivity is well recognized, quantitative evidence on agricultural productivity effects of secure property rights in Africa is scant. Within‐household analysis of investments by owner‐cum‐occupants in Uganda points toward significant and quantitatively large investment effects of full ownership. Registration is estimated to have no investment effects, whereas measures to strengthen occupancy rights attenuate investment disincentives. While this supports the importance of secure tenure as a precondition for growth, it also suggests that interventions aiming to increase tenure security need to be context‐specific for it to be fully effective.

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Do Overlapping Land Rights Reduce Agricultural Investment? Evidence from Uganda

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Ali

2008

American J Agri Economics

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“…4 Heaton andLucas (1996), Fafchamps (1999). 5 Carter and Zimmerman (2003), Baland et al (2007). 6 Croix and Doepke (2003), Piketty (1997).…”

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Land markets and inequality: evidence from medieval England

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2013

European Review of Economic History

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The 13 th century witnessed a substantial increase in inequality in the distribution of peasant landholdings relative to the distribution of the late 11 th century. Innovations in property rights over land in 12 th century England induced peasants to include the trading of small parcels of land as part of their risk coping strategy. We argue that these events are related. Recent theoretical work in development economics has explored the relationship between inequality and asset markets. When agents are able to trade productive assets to manage risk, the resulting dynamics may generate increasing inequality over time. We employ a simulation strategy to analyze the impact of land markets in generating inequality in 13 th century landholdings. We find that the dominant factor contributing to the unequal distribution of land was the interaction between emerging land markets and population growth driven by high fertility rates in households with large landholdings.Keywords: economic history, land market, Hundred Rolls, Domesday, inequality, risk, poverty, asset markets, simulation analysis, economic development JEL Classifications: N23, N53, O15, J11 ⇤ This paper has benefited from comments and suggestions from audiences at an ASSA Cliometric session in Chicago, the CNEH Conference in Montreal, and Oxford University. We are indebted to Bruce Campbell, Jeff Dunbar, Rui Esteves, Erin Haswell, and Alex Karaivanov for comments and encouragement. Rick Bekar helped with coding the simulations. Tamma Carleton provided valuable research assistance. All are absolved of responsibility.

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“…Indeed, Baland et al (2007) In the RePEAT survey, community-level interviews were conducted along with the household surveys. In the household surveys, information was solicited on basic household composition and demographics, ethnicity, wealth, and economic activities.…”

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“…Land transactions in turn equalize factor proportions among farming households which promotes efficiency in land use and production. In addition, when land markets are functioning, the land-poor households acquire land from the land-abundant households through purchase or renting, which promotes equity (Baland et al, 2007;Songqing & Jayne, 2013). Therefore, we expect to observe no relationship between farm size and productivity among households with privately-owned land.…”

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Population pressure, rural-to-rural migration and evolution of land tenure institutions: The case of Uganda

2017

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While customary land tenure systems are still prevalent in most African countries, they are believed to be evolving to private land ownership. However, questions about how they are evolving and what determines this evolution remain un-answered. This study contributes to the literature by empirically analyzing the process of the evolution of land tenure systems in Uganda using community-, household-, and parcel-level data. By tracing rural-to-rural migration patterns, we found that immigrant-dominated and ethnically diverse communities have a higher incidence of private land ownership. As an implication of the evolution of land tenure system, we found that land markets are more active in immigrant communities, which enhances efficiency in land allocation through land transactions. In fact, we found a large and significant inverse relationship between farm size and productivity in communities with communal land ownership, and an insignificant relationship in communities with more privately owned land. These findings suggest that rural-to-rural migration, through weakening traditional social systems, promotes the shift from communal to individual land ownership which, in turn, boosts land transactions and efficient land use.

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The Distributive Impact of Land Markets in Uganda

Cited by 63 publications

References 24 publications

Do Overlapping Land Rights Reduce Agricultural Investment? Evidence from Uganda

Do Overlapping Land Rights Reduce Agricultural Investment? Evidence from Uganda

Land markets and inequality: evidence from medieval England

Population pressure, rural-to-rural migration and evolution of land tenure institutions: The case of Uganda

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