Regression discontinuity designs applied to a set of household surveys from the 1980-90s allow to examine whether Cote d'Ivoire's aggregate wealth was translated at the borders of neighboring countries. At the border of Ghana and at the end of the 1980s, large discontinuities are detected for...

This paper presents early evidence from the first large-scale randomized-controlled trial of a land formalization program. The study examines the links between land demarcation and investment in rural Benin in light of a model of agricultural production under insecure tenure. The demarcation...

In settings where women's land rights are informal, the death of a husband can severely limit a widow's access to land and her ability to remain in her home - especially in the absence of a male heir. This paper examines whether large-scale land formalization programs can improve widows' land...