Why Real Estate Ownership Security cannot be assured via Land Registration in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Intro -- WHY REAL ESTATE OWNERSHIP SECURITY CANNOT BE ASSURED VIA LAND REGISTRATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- WHY REAL ESTATE OWNERSHIP SECURITY CANNOT BE ASSUREDVIA LAND REGISTRATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOTES -- Chapter 1 PROLOGUE -- ABSTRACT -- 1.1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.2. LAND REGISTRATION AND LANDED PROPERTY OWNERSHIP SECURITY -- 1.3. IMPACT OF LANDED PROPERTY OWNERSHIP SECURITY ON INVESTMENT -- 1.4. REAL DRIVERS OF INVESTMENT -- 1.4.1. Ability to Invest -- 1.4.2. Government Support -- 1.5. DEFINITION OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 2 PROPERTY RIGHTS THEORY -- ABSTRACT -- 2.1. INTRODUCTION -- 2.2. AN EXPLANATION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS -- 2.3. SYSTEMS OF PROPERTY RIGHTS -- 2.3.1. Public Property Rights System -- 2.3.2. Private Property Rights System -- 2.4. THEORIES ON THE ORIGIN OF PROPERTY RIGHTS -- 2.4.1. First Occupancy Theory -- 2.4.2. Labour Theory -- 2.5. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF LANDED PROPERTY RIGHTS AMONG ETHNIC GROUPS IN SSA -- 2.6. ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF PROPERTY RIGHTS -- 2.6.1. Internalization of Externalities -- 2.6.2. Allocation of Resources -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 3 BASES OF EQUATING LAND REGISTRATION TO REAL ESTATE OWNERSHIP SECURITY -- ABSTRACT -- 3.1. INTRODUCTION -- 3.2. AN EXPLANATION OF REAL ESTATE OWNERSHIP SECURITY -- 3.3. LAND REGISTRATION SYSTEMS -- 3.4. WHY LAND REGISTRATION IS EQUATED TO OWNERSHIP SECURITY -- 3.4.1. Title Warranty Provided by the State -- 3.4.2. Publicity Function of Land Registration -- 3.4.3. Legality of Ownership -- 3.5. ROLE OF LAND REGISTRATION -- 3.6. DETERMINANTS OF REAL ESTATE OWNERSHIP SECURITY -- 3.6.1. Societal and Legal Recognition of Landed Property Rights.