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Working Paper 114<\/h2>\n

Abstract<\/h3>\n

Tenure insecurity can have important consequences for the conservation of natural resources.<\/p>\n

Land titling is often considered a solution to the problem of weak investment incentives under tenure insecurity. Using a large plot-level dataset from Malawi, this paper shows that land titling alone might not induce greater investment in soil conservation under the existing customary inheritance systems, and that a reform of the rental market is in order.<\/p>\n

The paper focuses on two main sources of tenure insecurity: informal short-term tenancy contracts and customary gender-biased inheritance practices.<\/p>\n

Both sources of insecurity matter for soil conservation investments and are likely to be unaffected by the introduction of land titling alone.<\/p>\n

Further evidence suggests that soil erosion can have adverse distributional effects and that tenure insecurity accounts for one-third of the long-term loss in land productivity.<\/p>\n

Stefania Lovo<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

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