Tenure insecurity, gender, low-cost land certification and land rental market participation in Ethiopia

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-47

  Holden, Stein T ^a   Deininger, Klaus ^b   Ghebru, Hosaena ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY; CERTIFICATION; GENDER ISSUE; LAND MARKET; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RENTAL SECTOR;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 78651249768     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220381003706460     Document Type: Article

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