LAND TENURE AND LEGISLATION IN BRITISH WEST AFRICA1
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Land tenure and investment incentives: Evidence from West Africa ¬リニ
a r t i c l e i n f o The existing literature on the relationship between property rights in land and agricultural investment in Africa has given results that are often confusing and contradictory. I make two clarifying contributions to this literature. First, I pull together existing studies and investigate whether the results they find have been affected by research methods or local contexts....
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عنوان ژورنال: African Affairs
سال: 1913
ISSN: 1468-2621,0001-9909
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a099298