Formalising property relations in the developing world: The wrong prescription for the wrong malady

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-27

  Bromley, Daniel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Formal tenure; Ownership; Property rights; Tenure security; Titles

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LAND REGISTRATION; LAND TENURE; LANDOWNERSHIP; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

EID: 50849136817     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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