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dc.contributor.authorHammond, Felix Nikoi
dc.contributor.authorAntwi, Adarkwah
dc.contributor.authorProverbs, David G.
dc.date.accessioned2008-05-29T15:46:29Z
dc.date.available2008-05-29T15:46:29Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationAmerican Review of Political Economy, 4(1/2): 19-35
dc.identifier.issn1551-1383
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2436/28955
dc.description.abstractThe quest for African poverty alleviation has become a global issue and governments of rich nations have registered their commitment to the task both through the Millennium Development Goals and other international programs. While poverty is endemic in Africa, extant policies that continue to dictate proceedings in the land sectors of most African nations have been constructed in a way that concentrate benefits and wealth on a few while spreading costs and poverty on a larger segment of the African population. These policies which continue to impose greater restrictions on poverty alleviation have emanated from the peculiar political and economic history of Africa. An understanding of how these political events continue to shape the performance of land markets in these countries within the context of contemporary economic learning is thus key to understanding the policy directions required for success. This paper thus employs public policy and transaction costs insights to explicate the historical political events that have led to the promulgation of such policies together with a conceptual view of their social cost implications.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmerican Review of Political Economy
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.arpejournal.com/ARPEvolume4number1-2/HammondAntwiProverbs.pdf
dc.subjectStool lands
dc.subjectLand policies
dc.subjectAfrica
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africa
dc.subjectPolitical economy
dc.subjectTransaction costs
dc.subjectEconomic development
dc.subjectEconomic policy
dc.subjectGovernment policy
dc.subjectPoverty alleviation
dc.subjectLand ownership
dc.subjectLand rights
dc.subjectLand tenure
dc.titleThe Political Economy of Sub-Saharan Africa Land Policies
dc.typeJournal article
dc.identifier.journalAmerican Review of Political Economy
html.description.abstractThe quest for African poverty alleviation has become a global issue and governments of rich nations have registered their commitment to the task both through the Millennium Development Goals and other international programs. While poverty is endemic in Africa, extant policies that continue to dictate proceedings in the land sectors of most African nations have been constructed in a way that concentrate benefits and wealth on a few while spreading costs and poverty on a larger segment of the African population. These policies which continue to impose greater restrictions on poverty alleviation have emanated from the peculiar political and economic history of Africa. An understanding of how these political events continue to shape the performance of land markets in these countries within the context of contemporary economic learning is thus key to understanding the policy directions required for success. This paper thus employs public policy and transaction costs insights to explicate the historical political events that have led to the promulgation of such policies together with a conceptual view of their social cost implications.


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