Methodological reflections on 'land grab' databases and the 'land grab' literature 'rush'

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 503-520

  Oya, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bias; evidence; land grabs; methods

Indexed keywords

DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; DATABASE; LAND TENURE; METHODOLOGY; PEASANT AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84880032345     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2013.799465     Document Type: Article

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