Expected failures and unexpected successes of land titling in Africa

World Development

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1115-1128

  Firmin Sellers, Kathryn ^a   Sellers, Patrick ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; LAND REGISTRATION; LAND RIGHTS; RURAL AREA; TENURE SYSTEM;

AFRICA; CAMEROON;

EID: 0032771832     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00058-3     Document Type: Article

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