Contemporary Processes of Large-Scale Land Acquisition in Sub-Saharan Africa
Legal Deficiency or Elite Capture of the Rule of Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11914769 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura A German (0000-0003-4943-4515, University of Georgia, corresponding author), Laura German, George Schoneveld, George C Schoneveld (0000-0003-1157-8222, Utrecht University), Esther Mwangi (Center for International Forestry Research) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Pages | 1-18 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-750X • E-ISSN: 1873-5991 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.03.006 |
| OpenAlex | W2021270782 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 96 |
| References cited | 33 |
Agriculture · Business · Context (archaeology · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Elite · Foreign direct investment · Geography · Land grabbing · Land law · Land tenure · Market economy · Pace · Political science · Politics · Rule of law · Scale (ratio · Socioeconomics · Tanzania · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Land Rights and Reforms · Law
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Formalising village land dispossession? An aggregate analysis of the combined effects of the land formalisation and land acquisition agendas in Tanzania
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Trophy lands
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Perceived Land Scarcity and Its Effects on Traditional Tenure Rights in Rural Zambia
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The World Bank and Rural Land Titling in Africa
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Over the heads of local people
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| Citations per year | 8 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 93 |