book chapter
Strengthening property rights for the poor
Resources, rights, and cooperation | 2010 | Pages: 4
Publisher(s): international food policy research institute (ifpri)
Open Access
Citation
CGIAR Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi). 2010. Strengthening property rights for the poor. In Resources, rights, and cooperation: A sourcebook on property rights and collective action for sustainable development, CGIAR Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi). Strengthening Property Rights and Collective Action, Chapter 8, Pp. 245-248. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Although many of the poor in the developing world are landless, most of the rural poor have some access to land. The landed poor are a heterogeneous group who hold rights to their landed assets in diverse and complicated ways.