A neo-institutional economic critique of the system for allocating urban land and development rights in Nigeria

Habitat International

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-135

  Egbu, Anthony U ^a   Olomolaiye, Paul ^a   Gameson, Rod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Market failure; Property rights; Public choice; Specialist interest groups

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; LAND RIGHTS; LAND USE PLANNING; MARKET CONDITIONS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 37049037332     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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