Property rights, productivity and common property resources: insights from rural Cambodia
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Property rights, productivity and common property resources : insights from rural Cambodia. / Markussen, Thomas.
I: World Development, Bind 36, Nr. 11, 2008, s. 2277-2296.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Property rights, productivity and common property resources
T2 - insights from rural Cambodia
AU - Markussen, Thomas
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This paper uses data from the 2003/04 Cambodia Household Socioeconomic Survey to investigate the effects of property rights to land. Plots held with a paper documenting ownership in rural Cambodia are found to have higher productivity and land values than other plots, while property rights have weak effects on access to credit. The paper also investigates whether the introduction of private property rights leads to decreased availability of common property resources. The data offers only weak support for this hypothesis. The general insight is that policies to strengthen land property rights can have important, positive effects on the rural economy, even in an environment of low state capacity.
AB - This paper uses data from the 2003/04 Cambodia Household Socioeconomic Survey to investigate the effects of property rights to land. Plots held with a paper documenting ownership in rural Cambodia are found to have higher productivity and land values than other plots, while property rights have weak effects on access to credit. The paper also investigates whether the introduction of private property rights leads to decreased availability of common property resources. The data offers only weak support for this hypothesis. The general insight is that policies to strengthen land property rights can have important, positive effects on the rural economy, even in an environment of low state capacity.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - agriculture
KW - rural Cambodia
KW - Asia
U2 - 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.04.008
DO - 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.04.008
M3 - Journal article
VL - 36
SP - 2277
EP - 2296
JO - World Development
JF - World Development
SN - 1873-5991
IS - 11
ER -
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