Communal property and land markets: Agricultural development policy in St. Lucia

World Development

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1529-1540

  Dujon, Veronica ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bananas; Caribbean; Communal; Land; Privatization; St. Lucia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; LAND REFORM; LAND TENURE; PRIVATISATION; RURAL PLANNING;

ST LUCIA;

EID: 0031407255     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(97)00045-4     Document Type: Article

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