Forbidden but not suppressed: A 'vernacular' land market in svosve communal lands, Zimbabwe

Africa

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-35

  Chimhowu, Admos ^a   Woodhouse, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LAND MARKET; LAND REFORM; LAND RIGHTS; LAND TENURE; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDOWNERSHIP; RENTAL SECTOR; RURAL AREA;

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EID: 77949608228     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: 17500184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/E0001972009001247     Document Type: Article

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