Chapter 6 Land institutions and land markets

Handbook of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 1, Issue PART A, 2001, Pages 287-331

  Deininger, Klaus ^a   Feder, Gershon ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 70350089399     PISSN: 15740072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0072(01)10009-5     Document Type: Review

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