Land relations under unbearable stress: Rwanda caught in the Malthusian trap

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-47

  André, Catherine ^a   Platteau, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Land market; Land relations; Malthusian trap; O13; O55; Property rights; Q15

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CARRYING CAPACITY; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA; GENOCIDE; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; GEOGRAPHY; HOMICIDE; INEQUALITIES; LAND SUPPLY; LAND TENURE; NATURAL RESOURCES; POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH REPORT; RWANDA; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VIOLENCE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BEHAVIOR; CARRYING CAPACITY; CRIME; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENVIRONMENT; FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA; GENOCIDE; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; INEQUALITIES; LAND SUPPLY; LAND TENURE; NATURAL RESOURCES; POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION PRESSURE; RESEARCH REPORT; RWANDA; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VIOLENCE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICA, EASTERN; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AGRICULTURE; BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HOMICIDE; POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RWANDA; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0038909673     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(97)00045-0     Document Type: Article

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