Restoration Environmental and Livelihood Institutions, Markets, and

Previous research found that land registration and certification had enhanced the land rental market in Ethiopia (Holden et al. 2015) and one could hope that this also could

compensate for periods of lack by depleting their asset base to maintain their consumption in such periods while this asset base is rebuilt in periods with more favorable

Full land ownership, rights, and tenure security Land use efficiency & better functioning land markets Can acquire certificate of customary land ownership Decentralized

•  argument for redistributive land tenure reforms or land tenure reforms that enhance land market development that would be good both for efficiency and equity (Holden,. Otsuka

To assess program impact, we investigate early effects of issuing certificates at household or individual level on perceived tenure security, land-related investment, and land

Market  imperfections.  Imperfections  in  land  markets  may  undermine  the  scarcity  effect  on  the  shadow  value  of  land.  Credit  market  imperfections 

 To analyze the link between tenure security enhanced by land registration and certification and household food security..

– Enhanced household tenure security, land productivity, investments and land rental activity.  New Land Law Reforms in