Environmental and gender impacts of land tenure regularization in Africa: Pilot evidence from Rwanda

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 110, Issue , 2014, Pages 262-275

  Ali, Daniel Ayalew ^a   Deininger, Klaus ^a   Goldstein, Markus ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural investment; Gender; Land administration; Property rights; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLD; GENDER; INVESTMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND MARKET; LAND TENURE; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RURAL POLICY;

RWANDA;

EID: 84907596474     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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