Land Access and Titling in Nicaragua
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Land Access and Titling in Nicaragua. / Broegaard, Rikke Brandt.
I: Development and Change, Bind 40, Nr. 1, 2009, s. 149-169.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Land Access and Titling in Nicaragua
AU - Broegaard, Rikke Brandt
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Despite the overreaching importance that the international donor community places on formal land titles as part of the process for securing property rights, improving the functioning of the land market and ensuring pro-poor development, little attention is given to the specific ways in which factors such as inequality and abuses of public office mediate or even negate the expected effect of land titles. Based on empirical data from Nicaragua, this article shows that the state system is costly and does not provide a level playing field. In addition to land titles, different actions are used to secure property rights, drawing on other authorities which represent plural sources of recognition of land rights. Furthermore, the study shows that land transactions are often not followed up with titling and inscription in the name of the new owner, especially not among the poorest landowners. This has implications for future land titling policies.
AB - Despite the overreaching importance that the international donor community places on formal land titles as part of the process for securing property rights, improving the functioning of the land market and ensuring pro-poor development, little attention is given to the specific ways in which factors such as inequality and abuses of public office mediate or even negate the expected effect of land titles. Based on empirical data from Nicaragua, this article shows that the state system is costly and does not provide a level playing field. In addition to land titles, different actions are used to secure property rights, drawing on other authorities which represent plural sources of recognition of land rights. Furthermore, the study shows that land transactions are often not followed up with titling and inscription in the name of the new owner, especially not among the poorest landowners. This has implications for future land titling policies.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - property rights
KW - insecurity
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2009.01509.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2009.01509.x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 40
SP - 149
EP - 169
JO - Development and Change
JF - Development and Change
SN - 0012-155X
IS - 1
ER -
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