Impacts of land certification on tenure security, investment, and land market participation: Evidence from Ethiopia

Land Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 312-334

  Deininger, Klaus ^a   Ali, Daniel Ayalew ^a   Alemu, Tekie ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LAND MARKET; LAND REGISTRATION; LAND TENURE; RENTAL SECTOR; TENURE SYSTEM;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 79951882580     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.87.2.312     Document Type: Article

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