Land tenure reform in Africa: A shift to the defensive

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 210-222

  Smith, Robert E ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agricultural productivity; governance; land tenure; poverty reduction; rural development; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996245024     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1464993403ps062oa     Document Type: Article

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