Many African countries rely on sporadic land transfers from customary to statutory domains to attract investment and improve agricultural performance. Data from 15,000 smallholders and 800 estates in Malawi allow exploring the long-term effects of such a strategy. The results suggest that (i) most estates are less productive than smallholders; (ii) fear of land loss, although not exclusively due to estates, is associated with a 12 percent productivity...
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تفاصيل
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2017/1/18
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ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات
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WPS7943
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2017/1/18
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Disclosed
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Gender-differentiated impacts of tenure insecurity on agricultural performance in Malawi's customary tenure systems
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tenure insecurity