Sharecropping, insecure land rights and land titling policies: A case study of Lac Alaotra, Madagascar

Development Policy Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-106

  Bellemare, Marc F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land titling; Madagascar; Property rights; Sharecropping

Indexed keywords

LAND REFORM; LAND REGISTRATION; LAND RIGHTS; LANDOWNERSHIP; MULTIPLE USE; SHARECROPPING; WORLD BANK;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; LAKE ALAOTRA; MADAGASCAR; TOAMASINA;

EID: 57749110377     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2009.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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