Property Rights and Development: Property Rights and Urban Household Welfare

Abstract

This Briefing Paper presents the debate on the security of tenure of land and housing in urban areas and its impact on urban households. Drawing on this debate, it identifies key research questions and weighs up the evidence to answer these questions, discussing the nature of the evidence available and highlighting gaps in current evidence that need to be tackled through further research.

Citation

Mattingly, M. Property Rights and Development: Property Rights and Urban Household Welfare. Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, UK (2013) iii + 27 pp.

Property Rights and Development: Property Rights and Urban Household Welfare

Published 1 January 2013