Property rights for poverty reduction?
This paper reviews the links between property rights and poverty reduction. Poor people not only lack current income, but also assets with which to generate incomes. Billions of poor people have access to land which may not be legally recognized. While legislation may provide more secure land tenure...
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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
2009
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| author | Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. |
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| description | This paper reviews the links between property rights and poverty reduction. Poor people not only lack current income, but also assets with which to generate incomes. Billions of poor people have access to land which may not be legally recognized. While legislation may provide more secure land tenure for the poor and thus reduce poverty, this outcome is not guaranteed. Policies that do not recognize the complexity of property rights have backfired, reducing poor people's security of tenure. Finally, understanding legal pluralism can lead to more effective policies and interventions to strengthen poor people's control over assets. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1622942025-12-08T10:29:22Z Property rights for poverty reduction? Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. poverty property rights land tenure legal pluralism This paper reviews the links between property rights and poverty reduction. Poor people not only lack current income, but also assets with which to generate incomes. Billions of poor people have access to land which may not be legally recognized. While legislation may provide more secure land tenure for the poor and thus reduce poverty, this outcome is not guaranteed. Policies that do not recognize the complexity of property rights have backfired, reducing poor people's security of tenure. Finally, understanding legal pluralism can lead to more effective policies and interventions to strengthen poor people's control over assets. 2009 2024-11-21T10:02:12Z 2024-11-21T10:02:12Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162294 en Limited Access United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela. 2009. Property rights for poverty reduction? DESA Working Paper No. 91 |
| spellingShingle | poverty property rights land tenure legal pluralism Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Property rights for poverty reduction? |
| title | Property rights for poverty reduction? |
| title_full | Property rights for poverty reduction? |
| title_fullStr | Property rights for poverty reduction? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Property rights for poverty reduction? |
| title_short | Property rights for poverty reduction? |
| title_sort | property rights for poverty reduction |
| topic | poverty property rights land tenure legal pluralism |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162294 |
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