Land reform for peace? Rwanda's 2005 land law in context

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 509-537

  Pottier, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aid policy; Land reform; Land scarcity; Local government; New elites; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; LAND REFORM; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; RWANDA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33748498702     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2006.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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