Impacts of low-cost land certification on investment and productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 359-373

  Holden, Stein T ^a   Deininger, Klaus ^b   Ghebru, Hosaena ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Household panel data; Land productivity; Low cost land certification; Soil conservation; Tree planting; Unobserved heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ECONOMETRICS; INVESTMENT; LAND REFORM; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PANEL DATA; PRODUCTIVITY; RURAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOIL CONSERVATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 64649091270     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2008.01241.x     Document Type: Article

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