Mixed evidence on the impact of formal title in much of Africa is often used to question the relevance of dealing with land policy issues in this continent. We use data from Uganda to assess the impact of a disaggregated set of rights on investment, productivity, and land values and to test the hypothesis that individuals' lack of knowledge of the new law reduces their tenure security. Results point towards strong and positive effects of greater tenure security and transferability. Use of exogenous knowledge of its provisions as a proxy for the value of the land law suggests that this piece of legislation had major economic benefits that remain to be fully realized.

关于正式所有权在非洲大部分地区的影响的各种证据经常被用来质疑处理非洲大陆土地政策问题的相关性。我们使用来自乌干达的数据来评估一套分列的权利对投资、生产力和土地价值的影响，并检验一个假设，即个人缺乏对新法律的了解会降低他们的土地使用权的安全性。研究结果表明，更大的使用权安全性和可转让性具有强烈和积极的影响。将其规定的外生知识作为土地法价值的代理，表明这一立法具有有待充分实现的重大经济利益。