The World Bank on land policies: A west African look at the World Bank policy research report

Africa

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 670-678

  Stamm, Volker ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b German Technical Corporations   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND MANAGEMENT; POLICY ANALYSIS; WORLD BANK;

EID: 22744438686     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2004.74.4.670     Document Type: Review

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