Customary Land Conversion in African Cities
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- Picard, Pierre M. & Selod, Harris, 2023. "Customary Land Conversion in African Cities," IZA Discussion Papers 16462, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
Urbanization; Land Markets; Property Rights; Land Tenure Formalization; Market Failure.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- R14 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Land Use Patterns
- P14 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Property Rights
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2023-11-27 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-IUE-2023-11-27 (Informal and Underground Economics)
- NEP-URE-2023-11-27 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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