Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili (University of Pittsburgh), Ilia Murtazashvili (University of Pittsburgh)
Although today's richest countries tend to have long histories of secure private property rights, legal-titling projects do little to improve the economic and political well-being of those in the developing world. This book employs a historical narrative based on secondary literature, fieldwork across thirty villages, and a nationally representative survey to explore how private property institutions develop, how they are maintained, and their relationship to the state and state-building within the context of Afghanistan. In this predominantly rural society, citizens cannot rely on the state...
Although today's richest countries tend to have long histories of secure private property rights, legal-titling projects do little to improve the econ...