Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/190013 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2017/168
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
We use household survey data to investigate the effects of formal, private property rights to agricultural land on agricultural investment, land valuation and access to credit in Tanzania. Results show that while there are no detectable effects of formal, private land property rights (written documentation of ownership) on agricultural investment, land ownership documents nevertheless increase the market value of land substantially (more than 25 percent). One reason appears to be that well-documented private property rights facilitate the use of land as collateral for loans and therefore eases access to credit. The findings suggest that there are potentially significant, economic returns to systematic land titling in Tanzania and other countries, although more research is needed to firmly establish this conclusion.
Subjects: 
property rights
land titling
agriculture
investment
credit
Tanzania
JEL: 
O12
O13
P26
Q15
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-394-3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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