The making of land ownership
Land titling in rural Colombia – a reply to Hernando de Soto
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11635712 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sergio Latorre (0000-0002-5892-8675, Universidad del Norte, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1546-1569 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Third World Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0143-6597 • E-ISSN: 1360-2241 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01436597.2015.1046984 |
| OpenAlex | W1482017118 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 18 |
Hernando de Soto’s best-selling book The Mystery of Capital argues that economically disadvantaged countries lack institutional arrangements that can spur economic development and capital growth. This article questions de Soto’s institutional economist account. It draws on a 14-month ethnographic study performed at two rural field sites in Colombia and in the central government office responsible for promoting land programmes designed to improve the living conditions of rural communities. This study, which focuses on the daily practices of public officials and rural campesinos, suggests the importance of the title document, and in particular the public deed, for land ownership. It describes the process by which landownership is created by the issuance of the land title document and highlights some important elements and untended consequences that are often neglected in this process of making land a legal and economic asset
Agriculture · Asset (computer security · Capital (architecture · Deed · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Government (linguistics · Land reform · Land tenure · Land titling · Political science · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Land Rights and Reforms · Law · Urban and Rural Development Challenges
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,89 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |