Property rights for poverty reduction? / Ruth Meinzen-Dick
2009
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SymboleST/ESA/2009/DWP/91
TitreProperty rights for poverty reduction? / Ruth Meinzen-Dick
AccèsEnglish: wp91_2009 - PDF ;
Résumé
This paper reviews the links between property rights and poverty reduction. Poor people not only lack current income, but also assets with which to generate incomes. Billions of poor people have access to land which may not be legally recognized. While legislation may provide more secure land tenure for the poor and thus reduce poverty, this outcome is not guaranteed. Policies that do not recognize the complexity of property rights have backfired, reducing poor people’s security of tenure. Finally, understanding legal pluralism can lead to more effective policies and interventions to strengthen poor people’s control over assets.
Property and poverty -- Changing property rights in plural legal systems -- Implications for strengthening the property rights of the poor.
Property and poverty -- Changing property rights in plural legal systems -- Implications for strengthening the property rights of the poor.
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ST/DESA(05)/D62/no.91
Date[New York] : UN Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, Dec. 2009
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7 p.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 7).
Available also at UNDESA website (viewed 12 May. 2010).
Available also at UNDESA website (viewed 12 May. 2010).