Forum on the 'Legal Empowerment of the Poor' fighting rural poverty, inequality and low productivity through legal empowerment of the poor

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 871-892

  Singh, Naresh ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CLEP; Land governance; Legal empowerment; Rural livelihoods

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; EQUITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LAND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 70849095976     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150903354072     Document Type: Article

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