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BrochureLand tenure in Asia and the Pacific
Women’s empowerment and gender equality
2024Also available in:
No results found.Like land tenure insecurity, gender is a cross-cutting theme of key importance to the work of FAO. In this way, the gender of land users is highly relevant in relation to the impacts of climate change and disasters, and the depletion of forests and fisheries. -
Working paperEffects of land tenure rights formalization on household investments – The case of PRODEP in Nicaragua
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper 21-11
2021Also available in:
No results found.This study analyses the impacts of titling on tenure security, property value, access to credit, and household investments in the departments of Nueva Segovia, Jinotega y Chinandega, which are covered by Nicaragua’s Land Administration Programme (PRODEP). The programme has been in operation for over two decades, prioritized and sustained by the national government, International Financial Institutions, and other donors, targeting the poorest and most vulnerable households. Using quasi-experimental econometric techniques, namely propensity score techniques, and instrumental variables, we find that titling obtained through PRODEP, either individually or jointly, has significantly contributed to an increase in beneficiaries’ perception of both land tenure security and increased land value. We also find that the perception of an increase in owners’ land value was higher for women covered by the later phase of the program. While the overall findings are encouraging, we suggest that potential investments in land and housing by landowners be further enhanced through strengthening synergies with complementary programmes for local economic development, housing, and poverty reduction. -
Other documentLatin America and the Caribbean: Information Systems and Land Administration
Programmes and Projects
2007Also available in:
No results found.The foremost challenge of Latin America’s land regularization efforts has been sustainability. Substantial investments in the 70s and 80s had limited impact as land registries became outdated shortly after implementation (Borrero 1999; Jaramillo 1998; Barnes, Stanfield, and Barthel 2000; Barnes 2002, 2003). This paper examines the role of information systems and the way that systems help shape and are affected by institutions. The focus is on five countries where the World Bank supports land administration projects: El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama. The experience in these countries is complemented with available information on international experience, to draw lessons and derive recommendations to improve the effectiveness of information systems in expanding the sustainability and rural outreach of land administration interventions.
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