Essays about: "property titles"

Found 3 essays containing the words property titles.

  1. 1. Privatizing the Ejido System: The Tradeoff of Land Tenure, Governance and Transaction Costs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Brooke Motley; [2016]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the ejido system in Mexico in order to understand the dynamics of land tenure, governance and transaction costs through the lens of Elinor Ostrom’s theory of good governance. This case of the ejido system was chosen as their constitution that enabled a communal access land tenure regime in the agricultural sector, was amended to allow for privatization. READ MORE

  3. 2. Entitled to progress

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Alvina Erman; [2012]
    Keywords : property rights; property titles; Urban development; access to credit; urban economy; urban housing; investments in housing; allocation of labor; Lima; Peru; development studies; legal rights; institutional economics; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This paper intends to test the effects of improved property rights on the living situation for families in peripheral areas in Lima, Peru. The purpose of the study is to identify the mechanisms by which titling programs affect the quality of life for urban poor. The study focuses on access to credit, housing quality and allocation of labor. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Impact of Land Rights on Rural Investments: Evidence from Nicaragua

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Rebecka Sandelin; Niklas Olsson; [2006]
    Keywords : Land Rights; Rural investments; Nicaragua;

    Abstract : While there is a general consensus that the security of property rights is a fundamental condition for the long run development of the agricultural sector in developing countries, there has been relatively little empirical analysis to date of the relationship between property rights and economic activity attached to land in Latin America. This thesis examines the impact of land rights on rural investments in Nicaragua. READ MORE