Property rights in a very poor country: Tenure insecurity and investment in Ethiopia

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-86

  Ali, Daniel Ayalew ^a   Dercon, Stefan ^b   Gautam, Madhur ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Agriculture; Ethiopia; Investment; Property rights

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; INVESTMENT; PERCEPTION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; TENURE SYSTEM;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 78650407062     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2010.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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