Land tenure security is increasingly recognized as a foundational element for advancing
global sustainable development agendas, but questions remain about how it affects human …

Institutions are widely believed to be important for economic development. This paper
attempts to contribute to our understanding of how institutions matter by examining the effect …

On May 19, 2010, the Royal Thai Army deployed tanks, snipers, and war weapons to
disperse the thousands of Red Shirts protesters who had taken over the commercial center …

Property rights are one of the most fundamental and highly robust institutions supporting
economic performance. However, the channels through which property rights are achieved …

Highlights•Tenure reforms have yet to lead to tenure security in indigenous lands.•The
functioning of forest tenure rights depends on active supporting institutions.•Tenure reforms …

Well-functioning institutions, both formal (ie rule of law) and informal (ie trust), facilitate
economic exchange. To investigate the nature of the relationship between formal and …

Agroforestry Concessions, foreseen by the new Peruvian Forest Law, anticipate integrating
thousands of small-scale farmers encroached on public forest land into the formal economy …

Tenure security with land titles is considered important for agricultural productivity and
growth. In this view, formal titles enable land to be used as collateral, facilitate access to …

Comparative economic systems literature deals extensively with 'systemic functions' and
'performance criteria'such as growth, efficiency and equity but rarely mentions the topic of …

Although today's richest countries tend to have long histories of secure private property
rights, legal-titling projects do little to improve the economic and political well-being of those …