This paper reviews the literature on women's land rights (WLR) and poverty reduction. It
uses the Gender, Agriculture and Assets Project (GAAP) conceptual framework to identify …

Reducing global poverty and addressing climate change and other environmental crises are
among the most important challenges facing humanity today. This review discusses one way …

We discuss recent trends in agricultural productivity in Africa and highlight how
technological progress in agriculture has stagnated on the continent. We briefly review the …

This study presents evidence of profound farm‐level transformation in parts of sub‐Saharan
Africa, identifies major sources of dynamism in the sector, and proposes an updated …

This paper investigates the multiple effects of increased land tenure security on rural people
through a systematic review of the available evidence. The research involves collecting and …

We present evidence from the first large-scale randomized-controlled trial of a land
formalization program. We examine the link between land demarcation and investment in …

This paper reviews the scholarly literature discussing the effect (s) of land registration on the
relations between land tenure security and agricultural productivity. Using 85 studies, the …

Across carbon-and biodiversity-rich tropical forests, titling initiatives are implemented with
the goal of regularizing land tenure and decreasing deforestation. However, the effect of …

Although benefits from land registration are well documented conceptually, the empirical
literature largely focused on first-time registration rather than the recording of subsequent …

Have institutional reforms been successful in reducing persistent gender gaps in economic
and political participation? This paper argues that, at the roots of current gender inequalities …