Building for the Future? Investment, Land Reform and the Contingencies of Ownership in Contemporary Ghana

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1370-1378

  Berry, Sara ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; community; Ghana; investment; land reform; remittances

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; INVESTMENT; LAND REFORM; LAND RIGHTS; LAND TENURE; LANDOWNERSHIP; PRIVATIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 67649450456     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.08.017     Document Type: Article

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