Socioeconomic and psychological effects of land titling: a social impact measurement study

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Elisa Fernandes da
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional do FGV (FGV Repositório Digital)
• Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/10438/31542
• topic: Land title; Social enterprise; Social impact measurement; Social impact evaluation; Socioeconomic and psychological conditions; Título de terra; Terra Nova; Empresa social; Mensuração de impacto social; Condições socioeconômicas e psicológicas; Administração de empresas; Posse da terra; Títulos imobiliários; Empreendedorismo social; Brasil - Condições sociais; Brasil - Condições econômicas

Lack of land titling is an issue that effects many Brazilians and has massive implications on their socioeconomic and psychological conditions. Seeking to change this reality, Terra Nova is a social enterprise that works with the mediation between communities and landowners to regularize land titling in vulnerable urban areas. In this sense, it is crucial to understand the impacts of having a land deed on the life of these residents. The importance of having an impact management tool comes not only from the accountability purposes that stakeholders have but also as an instrument of apprenticeship and improvement for organizations. Therefore, the objective of this study is to have a better understanding of the social impacts of land titling policies on the socioeconomic and psychological conditions of individuals living in irregular urban settlements. For this purpose, a theoretical deepening regarding impact evaluation methodologies, land titling and its effects as well as the organization itself was conducted, leading to the elaboration of the Theory of Change for Terra Nova and a questionnaire based on it. The survey was applied in a community finalizing the process of regularization in addition to a control group. The results have shown that securing tenure has a positive impact on financial indicators, on self-esteem, on well-being, and on general psychological conditions of the residents.