Identifying and addressing land governance constraints to support intensification and land market operation: Evidence from 10 African countries

Food Policy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 76-87

  Deininger, Klaus ^a   Hilhorst, Thea ^a   Songwe, Vera ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Economic development; Governance; Land tenure; Markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905503391     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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