International trends and country contexts - from tenure regularization to tenure security

Holding Their Ground: Secure Land Tenure for the Urban Poor in Developing Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-34

  Durand Lasserve, Alain ^a   Royston, Lauren ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

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