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"Close to one billion people worldwide depend directly upon the drylands for their livelihoods. Because of their climatic conditions and political and economic marginalization drylands also have some of the highest incidents of poverty.
"This paper highlights the difference between secure investor property rights and loosely defined individual property rights. Globalization and fiscal decentralization have intensified this difference.
The main argument of this paper is that insecurity of land tenure is a socio-political condition that can be made and unmade. This discussion paper focuses on customary land rights, particularly in the African context. The paper reveals that:
Land tenure reform remains a key policy issue in Africa, given the large proportion of people relying on land and natural resources for their livelihoods. This paper addresses the exclusionary nature of many processes around land, which can lead to social divisions.
To address the question, "Should we expect government policy to be
efficient?" at its roots, I modify the well-known Arrow-Debreu
private ownership economy, allowing property rights to be violable.
The result is that equilibria tend to be Pareto inefficient.
The land restitution in Bulgaria led to a severe fragmentation in land ownership. This has an impact on the agricultural development and land market. The article investigates the land transactions on the sale and rentals markets.
This paper explores the puzzle of why the pastoral Maasai of Kajiado, Kenya, supported theindividualization of their collectively held group ranches, an outcome that is inconsistent withtheoretical expectation.