The developmental impact of institutions to establish and maintain secure property rights to land has been a subject of much debate. The authors review the literature on the impact of land administration interventions in specific contexts, highlighting the dependence of outcomes on the...

The article explores the impact of land ownership security on farmer's input use and output value. Economic theory suggests that farmers with secure legal ownership will have more incentives and better ability to invest, due to lower perceived risk and a favourable access to institutional...