Property rights and the mystery of capital: A review of de Soto’s simplistic solution to development
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
DOI: 10.1177/1464993414546971
Download full text from publisher
References listed on IDEAS
- Knoll, Martin & Zloczysti, Petra, 2012.
"The Good Governance Indicators of the Millennium Challenge Account: How Many Dimensions are Really Being Measured?,"
World Development, Elsevier, vol. 40(5), pages 900-915.
- Knoll, Martin & Zloczysti, Petra, 2011. "The Good Governance Indicators of the Millennium Challenge Account: How many dimensions are really being measured," Discussion Papers 2011/2, Free University Berlin, School of Business & Economics.
- Martin Knoll & Petra Zloczysti, 2011. "The Good Governance Indicators of the Millennium Challenge Account: How Many Dimensions Are Really Being Measured?," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1148, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
- Galiani, Sebastian & Schargrodsky, Ernesto, 2010.
"Property rights for the poor: Effects of land titling,"
Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 94(9-10), pages 700-729, October.
- Sebastian Galiani & Ernesto Schargrodsky, 2005. "Property Rights for the Poor: Effects of Land Titling," Business School Working Papers proprightspoor, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.
- Sebastian Galiani & Ernesto Schargrodsky, 2010. "Property Rights for the Poor: Effects of Land Titling," CEDLAS, Working Papers 0103, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
- Dani Rodrik, 2006.
"Institutions for High-Quality Growth: What They Are and How to Acquire Them,"
Chapters, in: Kartik Roy & Jörn Sideras (ed.), Institutions, Globalisation and Empowerment, chapter 2,
Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Dani Rodrik, 2000. "Institutions for High-Quality Growth: What They are and How to Acquire Them," NBER Working Papers 7540, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Rodrik, Dani, 2000. "Institutions For High-Quality Growth: What They Are And How To Acquire Them," CEPR Discussion Papers 2370, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Haggard, Stephan & Tiede, Lydia, 2011. "The Rule of Law and Economic Growth: Where are We?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 39(5), pages 673-685, May.
- Hsing, You-tien, 2010. "The Great Urban Transformation: Politics of Land and Property in China," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199568048.
- Nicholas Blomley & Janet C. Sturgeon, 2009. "Property as Abstraction," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(2), pages 564-566, June.
- Field, Erica Marie, 2005. "Property Rights and Investment in Urban Slums," Scholarly Articles 3634150, Harvard University Department of Economics.
- Joireman, S.F., 2008. "The Mystery of Capital Formation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Women, Property Rights and Customary Law," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 36(7), pages 1233-1246, July.
- Paul Collins & Pan Suk Kim & Yi‐fan Yang, 2012. "Basic Land Security And Livelihood: A Study Of Compensation And Social Security Policy For Land‐Expropriated Peasants In China," Public Administration & Development, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 32(4-5), pages 385-401, October.
- Simeon Djankov & Jose Montalvo & Marta Reynal-Querol, 2008.
"The curse of aid,"
Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 13(3), pages 169-194, September.
- Simeon Djankov & José Garcia Montalvo & Marta Reynal-Querol, 2005. "The curse of aid," Economics Working Papers 870, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
- Simeon Djankov & José García-Montalvo & Marta Reynal-Querol, 2005. "The curse of aid," Working Papers 257, Barcelona School of Economics.
- Bose, Niloy & Capasso, Salvatore & Murshid, Antu Panini, 2008. "Threshold Effects of Corruption: Theory and Evidence," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 36(7), pages 1173-1191, July.
- Laurence Ma, 2010. "The Great Urban Transformation. Politics of Land and Property in China," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(8), pages 1099-1100.
- Erica Field, 2005. "Property Rights and Investment in Urban Slums," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 3(2-3), pages 279-290, 04/05.
- Weingast, Barry R, 1995. "The Economic Role of Political Institutions: Market-Preserving Federalism and Economic Development," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 11(1), pages 1-31, April.
- Seth Norton, 2000. "The Cost of Diversity: Endogenous Property Rights and Growth," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 11(4), pages 319-337, December.
- Charlotte Lemanski, 2011. "Moving up the Ladder or Stuck on the Bottom Rung? Homeownership as a Solution to Poverty in Urban South Africa," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 35(1), pages 57-77, January.
- Q. Forrest Zhang & John A. Donaldson, 2010. "From Peasants to Farmers: Peasant Differentiation, Labor Regimes, and Land-Rights Institutions in China’s Agrarian Transition," Politics & Society, , vol. 38(4), pages 458-489, December.
- Bess, Randall, 2011. "New Zealand's Treaty of Waitangi and the doctrine of discovery: Implications for the foreshore and seabed," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 35(1), pages 85-94, January.
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- Harris,Colin & Cai,Meina & Murtazashvili,Ilia & Murtazashvili,Jennifer Brick, 2020. "The Origins and Consequences of Property Rights," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9781108969055, January.
- Ilia Murtazashvili & Jennifer Murtazashvili, 2015. "Anarchy, self-governance, and legal titling," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 162(3), pages 287-305, March.
- Deininger, Klaus & Ali, Daniel Ayalew & Alemu, Tekie, 2008.
"Impacts of land certification on tenure security, investment, and land markets : evidence from Ethiopia,"
Policy Research Working Paper Series
4764, The World Bank.
- Deininger, Klaus & Ali, Daniel Ayalew & Alemu, Tekie, 2009. "Impacts of Land Certification on Tenure Security, Investment, and Land Markets: Evidence from Ethiopia," RFF Working Paper Series dp-09-11-efd, Resources for the Future.
- Deininger, Klaus, 2010. "Towards sustainable systems of land administration: Recent evidence and challenges for Africa," African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, African Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 5(01), pages 1-22, September.
- John Giles & Ren Mu, 2018.
"Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity, and the Rural to Urban Migration Decision: Evidence from China,"
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 100(2), pages 521-544.
- Giles,John T. & Mu,Ren, 2014. "Village political economy, land tenure insecurity, and the rural to urban migration decision : evidence from China," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7080, The World Bank.
- Giles, John T. & Mu, Ren, 2014. "Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity, and the Rural to Urban Migration Decision: Evidence from China," IZA Discussion Papers 8630, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- A. Patrick Behrer & Edward L. Glaeser & Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto & Andrei Shleifer, 2021.
"Securing Property Rights,"
Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 129(4), pages 1157-1192.
- Glaeser, Edward L. & Ponzetto, Giacomo A. M. & Shleifer, Andrei, 2016. "Securing Property Rights," Working Paper Series rwp16-040, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
- A. Patrick Behrer & Edward L. Glaeser & Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto & Andrei Shleifer, 2016. "Securing Property Rights," NBER Working Papers 22701, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- A. Patrick Behrer & Edward L. Glaeser & Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto & Andrei Shleifer, 2019. "Securing property rights," Economics Working Papers 1538, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, revised May 2020.
- Edward L. Glaeser & Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto & Andrei Shleifer, 2016. "Securing Property Rights," Working Paper 463441, Harvard University OpenScholar.
- A. Patrick Behrer & Edward L. Glaeser & Andrei Shleifer & Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto, 2016. "Securing Property Rights," Working Papers 930, Barcelona School of Economics.
- Ponzetto, Giacomo & Behrer, A. Patrick & Glaeser, Edward & Shleifer, Andrei, 2016. "Securing Property Rights," CEPR Discussion Papers 11545, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Fatema, Naureen, 2019. "Can land title reduce low-intensity interhousehold conflict incidences and associated damages in eastern DRC?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 123(C), pages 1-1.
- Manea, Roxana Elena & Piraino, Patrizio & Viarengo, Martina, 2023.
"Crime, inequality and subsidized housing: Evidence from South Africa,"
World Development, Elsevier, vol. 168(C).
- Roxana Manea; Patrizio Piraino; Martina Viarengo, 2021. "Crime, Inequality and Subsidized Housing:Evidence from South Africa," CIES Research Paper series 66-2021, Centre for International Environmental Studies, The Graduate Institute.
- Roxana Manea & Patrizio Piraino & Martina Viarengo, 2021. "Crime, Inequality and Subsidized Housing: Evidence from South Africa," CESifo Working Paper Series 8914, CESifo.
- Besley, Timothy & Ghatak, Maitreesh, 2009.
"The de Soto effect,"
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics
25429, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Besley, Tim & Ghatak, Maitreesh, 2009. "The de Soto Effect," CEPR Discussion Papers 7259, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Timothy Besley & Maitreesh Ghatak, 2009. "The de Soto Effect," STICERD - Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers Series 008, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE.
- Vranken, Liesbet & Macours, Karen & Noev, Nivelin & Swinnen, Johan F.M., 2007.
"Property Rights Imperfections, Asset Allocation, and Welfare: Co-Ownership in Bulgaria,"
104th Seminar, September 5-8, 2007, Budapest, Hungary
7795, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
- Liesbet Vranken & Karen Macours & Nivelin Noev & Johan Swinnen, 2011. "Property Rights Imperfections, Asset Allocation and Welfare: Co-ownership in Bulgaria," Post-Print halshs-00754535, HAL.
- Liesbet Vranken & Karen Macours & Nivelin Noev & Johan Swinnen, 2011. "Property Rights Imperfections, Asset Allocation and Welfare: Co-ownership in Bulgaria," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-00754535, HAL.
- Zhang Wei & Li Ji, 2017. "Weak Law v. Strong Ties: An Empirical Study of Business Investment, Law and Political Connections in China," Review of Law & Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 13(1), pages 1-45, March.
- Brueckner, Jan K. & Lall, Somik V., 2015. "Cities in Developing Countries," Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, in: Gilles Duranton & J. V. Henderson & William C. Strange (ed.), Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, edition 1, volume 5, chapter 0, pages 1399-1455, Elsevier.
- Leight, Jessica, 2016.
"Reallocating wealth? Insecure property rights and agricultural investment in rural China,"
China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 40(C), pages 207-227.
- Lucie Schmidt, 2013. "The New Safety Net? Supplemental Security Income after Welfare Reform," Department of Economics Working Papers 2013-07, Department of Economics, Williams College.
- Islam, Md. Rabiul & Madsen, Jakob B. & Raschky, Paul A., 2015. "Gold and silver mining in the 16th and 17th centuries, land titles and agricultural productivity," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 39(C), pages 150-166.
- Fernando M. Aragón & Anke S. Kessler, 2020.
"Property rights on First Nations reserve land,"
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 53(2), pages 460-495, May.
- Fernando M. Aragon & Anke Kessler, 2017. "Property rights on First Nations’ reserve land," Discussion Papers dp17-14, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University.
- Kessler, Anke & Aragon, Fernando, 2018. "Property rights on First Nations' reserve land," CEPR Discussion Papers 12818, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Ayalew, Hailemariam & Admasu, Yeshwas & Chamberlin, Jordan, 2021. "Is land certification pro-poor? Evidence from Ethiopia," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
- Italo A. Gutierrez & Oswaldo Molina, 2020.
"Reverting to Informality: Unregistered Property Transactions and the Erosion of the Titling Reform in Peru,"
Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 69(1), pages 317-334.
- Italo A. Gutierrez & Oswaldo Molina, 2016. "Reverting to Informality Unregistered Property Transactions and the Erosion of the Titling Reform in Peru," Working Papers WR-1156-1, RAND Corporation.
- Besley, Timothy & Ghatak, Maitreesh, 2010.
"Property Rights and Economic Development,"
Handbook of Development Economics, in: Dani Rodrik & Mark Rosenzweig (ed.), Handbook of Development Economics, edition 1, volume 5, chapter 0, pages 4525-4595,
Elsevier.
- Timothy Besley & Maitreesh Ghatak, 2009. "Property Rights and EconomicDevelopment," STICERD - Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers Series 006, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE.
- Besley, Tim & Ghatak, Maitreesh, 2009. "Property Rights and Economic Development," CEPR Discussion Papers 7243, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Besley, Timothy & Ghatak, Maitreesh, 2009. "Property rights and economic development," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 25428, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Galiani, Sebastián & Gertler, Paul J. & Undurraga, Raimundo & Cooper, Ryan & Martínez, Sebastián & Ross, Adam, 2017.
"Shelter from the storm: Upgrading housing infrastructure in Latin American slums,"
Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 98(C), pages 187-213.
- Sebastian Galiani & Paul Gertler & Ryan Cooper & Sebastian Martinez & Adam Ross & Raimundo Undurraga, 2013. "Shelter from the Storm: Upgrading Housing Infrastructure in Latin American Slums," NBER Working Papers 19322, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Sebastian Galiani & Paul Gertler & Ryan Cooper & Sebastian Martinez & Adam Ross & Raimundo Undurraga, 2014. "Shelter from the Storm: Upgrading Housing Infrastructure in Latin American Slums," CEDLAS, Working Papers 0165, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
- Galiani, Sebastián & Gertler, Paul & Cooper, Ryan & Martinez, Sebastian & Ross, Adam & Undurraga, Raimundo, 2014. "Shelter from the Storm: Upgrading Housing Infrastructure in Latin American Slums," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 6561, Inter-American Development Bank.
- Lai, Yani & Wang, Jiayuan & Lok, Waiming, 2017. "Redefining property rights over collective land in the urban redevelopment of Shenzhen, China," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 485-493.
More about this item
Keywords
property rights; de Soto; economic development; institutions; capital; low-income countries;All these keywords.
Statistics
Access and download statisticsCorrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:prodev:v:15:y:2015:i:1:p:87-96. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.