Over the course of 15 years, between 1992 and 2007, Mexico carried out a major land titling program that handed out certificates over usage rights for more than 90% of its communally held land (ejidos). Importantly, formally specifying usage rights through certification can reduce ambiguity in claims to property. This paper analyzes the long run impact of this program using data from 1991 and 2...

introduction generally speaking, this article offers a critical analysis of the land tenure systems in iran with an emphasis on land tenure system in kurdistan and prior to the land reform in 1962. the objective of this article is to address the contradictory narratives that have taken shape regarding the geographical boundaries of boneh in iran. this is an attempt to offer a new and fundamenta...

Previous studies of tenancy and land reform programs suggest that these programs substantially increased agricultural productivity. However, these studies are limited to sharecropping environments. This paper investigates the productivity effect of the 1953 land ownership transfer program in Taiwan, where fixed-rental contracts predominated. This program transferred 27% of the paddy land to inc...