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Understanding the land market is crucial when analyzing the spatial dynamics of cities. Spatial models, which are widely used to describe the growth of cities, are underdeveloped in Africa, due in part to the lack of urban data and/or the difficulty of collecting it.
This paper analysed land governance and crop commercialization in Nigeria. General Household Survey (Living Standard Measurement Survey) panel data for the post-planting and post-harvest periods of 2015 and 2016 cropping seasons were used.
Rwanda has undertaken a land registration and titling program since 2008 with a registration of 10.3 million land parcels in 2013.
Population increase influence the dynamics in land market and agitate land access competition, which results into exclusion of some individuals. Inequality is evident in majority of Tanzanians women, youth, children and elderly.
For decades, policymakers and development practitioners have debated benefits and threats of property rights formalization and private versus customary tenure systems.
Utilizing a spatial multi-market model for rice in Nigeria that explicitly takes into account the potential for smuggling, in this paper we analyze the welfare implications of alternative rice tariff rates given the government’s goals of spurring domestic production and reducing imports.
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We estimate the impact of improved market access on household well-being and nutrition using a quasi-experimental setting in Ethiopia.
Can more vigorous political competition significantly raise rural land values, or contribute to more robust land rental markets?