This research report examines three questions that are central to IFPRI research: Howdo property-rights institutions affect efficiency and equity? How are resources allo-cated within households? Why does this matter from a policy perspective? As part ofa larger multicountry study on property rights to land and trees this study focuses on the evo-lution from customary land tenure with communal ownership toward individualized rightsand how this shift affects women and men differently.
Changes in property-rights institutions have the potential to affect the distribution of re-sources among and within households. While individualization of land-tenure institutions
has been shown to improve management efficiency in many settings concerns have been raised about the equity implications of such changes. In particular it is often argued that in-dividualization of land tenure leads to the deterioration of women’s customary property rights to land.
Publication year
2001
Authors
Quisumbing, A.R.; Otsuka, K.; Suyanto, S.W.; Aidoo, J.B.; Payongayong, E.
Keywords
Agroforestry, Deforestation, Developing countries, Food security, Land tenure, Rural development
