Vernacular land markets and the changing face of customary land tenure in Africa

Forum for Development Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 385-414

  Chimhowu, Admos ^a   Woodhouse, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Land reform; Markets; Poverty

Indexed keywords

LAND MARKET; LAND TENURE; POVERTY; RURAL ECONOMY;

AFRICA;

EID: 30444435381     PISSN: 08039410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039410.2005.9666321     Document Type: Article

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