World Bank - Multidimensionality of Land Ownership among Men and Women in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Type de document: Rapports et evaluations
Type de document: English
Date de publication: 13 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Créé: 18 January 2022 (2 years ago)
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World Bank - Multidimensionality of Land Ownership among Men and Women in Sub-Saharan Africa

Type de document: Rapports et evaluations
Langue(s): English
Across Sub-Saharan African countries with customary tenure systems and low levels of documented land ownership, there are limited nationally representative insights on men and women landowners’ rights over land. Variations in institutions and norms governing land ownership further complicate cross-country comparisons. Using machine learning techniques and nationally representative, intrahousehold survey data elicited in private from men and women on their ownership of assets, this paper creates unique profiles of landowners in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Tanzania, anchored in a range of constructs related to self-reported rights and control over land parcels. The analysis reveals a high degree of cross-country consistency in the new insights. Landowners, particularly women, often do not have full rights and decision-making power over land. Multiple correspondence analysis demonstrates that transfer rights (rights to bequeath, sell, rent out, and use as collateral) contribute the most to the variation in the composi

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