"Property ownership and democracy are entirely different concepts." They go hand in hand. http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/ma

"Property ownership and democracy are entirely different concepts." They go hand in hand. http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/mar/02/african-governments-land-deals http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters... The poorest countries in the world are ones with little property rights. Especially ones operating on communal land ownership principals.