• Unbundling land administrative reform : demand for second stage land certification in Ethiopia 

      Bezu, Sosina; Holden, Stein Terje (CLTS Working paper;2013:3, Working paper, 2013)
      Ethiopia has implemented one of the largest, fastest and cheapest land registration and certification reforms in Africa. While there have been evidences of positive impacts of this land reform in terms of increased ...
    • Understanding Norwegian commons 

      Berge, Erling (CLTS Working paper;10/18, Working paper, 2018)
      The paper reviews the development of the legal status of Norwegian commons from the first known legislation on commons. The development can be divided into 5 periods. The first period lasted until about 1300. In this ...
    • Unlock the lock-in! Balance of rights in relation to betterment and compensation in Poland 

      Havel, Malgorzata Barbara (CLTS Working paper;2016:2, Working paper, 2016)
      Many Polish cities are faced with a dilemma: to enact their local land-use plans and be exposed to the immediate financial consequences of their adoption, or to protect their budgets against these costs and give up control ...
    • Urban proximity, demand for land and land prices in Malawi 

      Tione, Sarah E.; Holden, Stein T. (CLTS Working paper;1/19, Working paper, 2019)
      We assess the spatial and intertemporal change patterns of farmland prices using per hectare minimum willingness to accept (WTA) sales and rental prices in Malawi. We use three rounds of nationally representative household ...
    • Variation in output shares and endogenous matching in land rental contracts 

      Brhanu, Desta; Holden, Stein Terje (CLTS Working paper;2018:2, Working paper, 2018)
      We investigate the extent of variation in output sharing in land rental contracts and alternative hypotheses to explain this variation. Close to half of the rental contracts in our study in northern Ethiopia have output ...
    • Welfare Effects of Market Friendly Land Reforms in Uganda 

      Tatwangire, Alex; Holden, Stein Terje (CLTS Working Paper;2011:02, Working paper, 2011)
      This article estimates the poverty reducing impact of the recent land reforms and land transfers in the different land tenure systems of Uganda. Using balanced panel data for 309 households in 2001, 2003, and 2005, models ...
    • Youth as environmental custodians : a potential tragedy or a sustainable business and livelihood model? 

      Holden, Stein Terje; Tilahun, Mesfin (CLTS Working paper;2016:6, Working paper, 2016)
      Youth unemployment and migration is a growing challenge that needs more political attention in many countries in the world, particularly countries with rapid population growth and economic transformation. Proactively ...
    • Youth business groups and leadership : group leader and member survey statistics 

      Holden, Stein T.; Tilahun, Mesfin (CLTS Working paper;5/19, Working paper, 2019)
      This working paper is an output from the research project “Youth Business Groups for Sustainable Development: Lessons from the Ethiopian Model” that is funded by Research Council of Norway under the NORGLOBAL2 research ...