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Land Titling: A Mode Of Privatization With The Potential To Deepen Democracy, Bernadette Atuahene
Land Titling: A Mode Of Privatization With The Potential To Deepen Democracy, Bernadette Atuahene
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Land titling is a form of privatization in that public assets are transferred to private families and individuals. This is unlike other forms of privatization, however, because there is a systematic diffusion of economic and decision making power down to indigent populations rather than out of the country or up to its local elites. In light of this uniqueness, the question I will grapple with in this Article is, can property ownership, achieved through land titling programs, bolster democracy? First, using Peru as an example, I explain the context that necessitated the creation of land titling and the process by …
Legal Title To Land As An Intervention Against Urban Poverty In Developing Nations, Bernadette Atuahene
Legal Title To Land As An Intervention Against Urban Poverty In Developing Nations, Bernadette Atuahene
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One intervention intended to ameliorate poverty and its subsidiary effects is the distribution of legal title to land to poor urban dwellers, otherwise known as land titling. Given the billions of dollars that the World Bank, country-based development agencies, regional development banks, and developing countries themselves have spent on land titling programs, it has become one of the most important property law issues confronting the developing world. Several countries have undertaken comprehensive urban land titling programs to transform the dwellings of those who live in the squalor of squatter settlements into assets recognized by the formal sector. This Article accepts …