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by zozbot234 1405 days ago
Formal ("legible") land tenancy rights actually benefit poor people who might plan to make durable improvements to the land; this has been made especially clear in the work of development economist Hernando de Soto. This is not incompatible with customary land rights vested in a whole community (as discussed in OP) since the two apply to very different scenarios.