Full citation: Goldstein, Markus; Houngbedji, Kenneth; Kondylis, Florence; O’Sullivan, Michael; Selod, Harris. 2015. Formalizing Rural Land Rights in West Africa : Early Evidence from a Randomized Impact Evaluation in Benin. Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7435. World Bank, Washington, DC.
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Joint Land Certification, Gendered Preferences, and Land-related Decisions: Are Wives Getting More Involved?
Full citation: Holden, S.T, and Bezu, S. “Joint Land Certification, Gendered Preferences, and Land-related Decisions: Are Wives Getting More Involved?” Centre for Land Tenure Studies/School of Economics and Business Norwegian University of Life Sciences, AS, Norway.
Inheritance Customs and Agricultural Investment
Full citation: Dillon, B., & Voena, A. (2017). Inheritance Customs and Agricultural Investment (January 18, 2017).
Can Government-Allocated Land Contribute to Food Security?
Full citation: Santos, F., Fletschner, D., Savath, V., & Peterman, A. (2013). “Can Government-Allocated Land Contribute to Food Security?” IFPRI Discussion Paper, December 2013.
Policy Reform toward Gender Equality in Ethiopia: Little by Little the Egg Begins to Walk.
Full citation: Kumar, N. and Quisumbing, A. (2015). “Policy Reform toward Gender Equality in Ethiopia: Little by Little the Egg Begins to Walk.” World Development 67, 406-23.
Can Microplots Contribute to Rural Households’ Food Security? Evaluation of a Gender-Sensitive Land Allocation Program in West Bengal, India
Legislating on Violence Against Women: A Critical Analysis of Nigeria’s VAPP
Centre For Health Ethics Law and Development
Gender-Responsive Work on Land and Corruption: A practical guide
Transparency International
From Risk and Conflict to Peace and Prosperity: The Urgency of Securing Community Land Rights in a Turbulant World
Rights and Resources Initiative: Annual Review 2016-2017
Women’s Land Rights in Rural China: Transforming Existing Laws into a Source of Property Rights
Full Citation: Liaw, R. H., “Women’s Land Rights in Rural China: Transforming Existing Laws into a Source of Property Rights,” 17(1) PACIFIC RIM LAW & POLICY JOURNAL 237 (2008). – In the aftermath of legal reforms designed to secure land tenure for farmers, women in rural China lost rights to land at marriage, divorce, and widowhood. Despite a central legal framework that facially protects women’s property interests, ambiguity in the property and marriage laws have allowed village leaders to reassert traditional social norms and deny constitutional equal rights guarantees for women. Recent attempts to ameliorate landlessness for women, specifically in […]