Translating Legal Rights into Tenure Security: Lessons from the New Commercial Pressures on Land in Ghana

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 187-203

  Schoneveld, George Christoffel ^a   German, Laura ^b  

^a Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84893876792     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2013.858129     Document Type: Article

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