The Emergence of Land Markets in Africa: Impacts on Poverty, Equity, and EfficiencyStein Terje Holden, Keijiro Otsuka, Frank M. Place Earthscan, 2008 - 337 pages This book is the first systematic attempt to address emerging land markets and their implications for poverty, equity, and efficiency across a number of African countries. The high incidence of poverty and the need for increased agricultural productivity remain acute in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa, where a lack of secure land rights and a growing scarcity of land relative to the size of the population are becoming increasingly critical issues. Indeed, land issues in the region are high on the international policy agenda. Yet our knowledge about land tenure security and other rural factor. |
Contents
Part II Land Markets Allocative Efficiency and Poverty | 55 |
Part III Contract Choice Poverty and Efficiency of Land Use | 157 |
Part IV Land Markets Land Tenure and Land Management | 211 |
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