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Journal of Peasant Studies, Vol. 38, No. 4.

Vietnam’s 1993 Land Law created a land market by granting households land-use rights which could be exchanged, leased, inherited, sold or mortgaged. This study uses quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze whether increased land titling led to discernible improvements in the economic security of households, and whether land titles in women’s names had markedly different effects as compared to titles held by men.

Report of a Workshop organized by the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, 19-20 July 2012, Geneva, Switzerland.

Practical guidance for governments, companies, NGOs, indigenous peoples and local communities in relation to land acquisition.