Land tenure insecurity and inequality in Nicaragua

Development and Change

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 845-864

  Broegaard, Rikke J ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LAND TENURE; RURAL AREA;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NICARAGUA;

EID: 28244433443     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0012-155X.2005.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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