Household perception and demand for better protection of land rights in Ethiopia
The study assesses factors that explain households’ perceived tenure insecurity and the demand for new formalization of land rights in Ethiopia. We use data from the 2013 Agricultural Growth Program (AGP) survey of 7,500 households from high agricultural potential areas of Ethiopia. The results from...
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| author | Ghebru, Hosaena Koru, Bethlehem Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum |
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| description | The study assesses factors that explain households’ perceived tenure insecurity and the demand for new formalization of land rights in Ethiopia. We use data from the 2013 Agricultural Growth Program (AGP) survey of 7,500 households from high agricultural potential areas of Ethiopia. The results from a logistic estimation and a descriptive analysis reveal that the de-mand for further land demarcation is positively associated with higher perception of tenure insecurity. Moreover, disaggre-gated regression results indicate that ownership and boundary-related disputes characterize peri-urban locations and vibrant communities, whereas perceived risk of government expropriation of land is mainly manifested in predominantly rural com-munities and areas where administrative land redistribution is a recent practices. Hence, the rollout strategy for the recent wave of the Second-Level Land Certification agenda should avoid a blanket approach, as it can only be considered a best fit for those vibrant and peri-urban locations where demand for further formalization is higher and boundary and ownership-related disputes are more common. However, focusing similar interventions in predominantly agrarian communities and communities with recent administrative land distributions may not be advisable since expropriation risk seems to be dictating perceived tenure insecurity of households in such locations. Rather, regulatory reforms in the form of strengthening the depth of rights over land, such as formalization of rural land lease markets and abolishing conditional restrictions on inter-generational land transfers via inheritance or gifting, could be considered as alternative and cost-effective intervention pack-ages in this latter context. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1477532025-11-06T06:21:59Z Household perception and demand for better protection of land rights in Ethiopia Ghebru, Hosaena Koru, Bethlehem Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum land tenure agricultural growth households tenure insecurity land policies land rights The study assesses factors that explain households’ perceived tenure insecurity and the demand for new formalization of land rights in Ethiopia. We use data from the 2013 Agricultural Growth Program (AGP) survey of 7,500 households from high agricultural potential areas of Ethiopia. The results from a logistic estimation and a descriptive analysis reveal that the de-mand for further land demarcation is positively associated with higher perception of tenure insecurity. Moreover, disaggre-gated regression results indicate that ownership and boundary-related disputes characterize peri-urban locations and vibrant communities, whereas perceived risk of government expropriation of land is mainly manifested in predominantly rural com-munities and areas where administrative land redistribution is a recent practices. Hence, the rollout strategy for the recent wave of the Second-Level Land Certification agenda should avoid a blanket approach, as it can only be considered a best fit for those vibrant and peri-urban locations where demand for further formalization is higher and boundary and ownership-related disputes are more common. However, focusing similar interventions in predominantly agrarian communities and communities with recent administrative land distributions may not be advisable since expropriation risk seems to be dictating perceived tenure insecurity of households in such locations. Rather, regulatory reforms in the form of strengthening the depth of rights over land, such as formalization of rural land lease markets and abolishing conditional restrictions on inter-generational land transfers via inheritance or gifting, could be considered as alternative and cost-effective intervention pack-ages in this latter context. 2016-02-12 2024-06-21T09:23:16Z 2024-06-21T09:23:16Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147753 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148339 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ethiopian Development Research Institute Ghebru, Hosaena; Koru, Bethlehem; and Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum. 2016. Household perception and demand for better protection of land rights in Ethiopia. ESSP Working Paper 83. Washington, DC and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147753 |
| spellingShingle | land tenure agricultural growth households tenure insecurity land policies land rights Ghebru, Hosaena Koru, Bethlehem Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum Household perception and demand for better protection of land rights in Ethiopia |
| title | Household perception and demand for better protection of land rights in Ethiopia |
| title_full | Household perception and demand for better protection of land rights in Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Household perception and demand for better protection of land rights in Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Household perception and demand for better protection of land rights in Ethiopia |
| title_short | Household perception and demand for better protection of land rights in Ethiopia |
| title_sort | household perception and demand for better protection of land rights in ethiopia |
| topic | land tenure agricultural growth households tenure insecurity land policies land rights |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147753 |
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