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Zusatztext 'This book deals systematically and competently with the equity and efficiency implications of land markets in sub-Saharan Africa. The rigorous empirical analyses provide important insights to guide decisionmakers and development partners in formulating policies and investments to promote economic growth and poverty alleviation in Africa.' - Gershon Feder! Research Manager for Rural Development in the Development Research Group! the World Bank 'A truly welcome contribution. It provides detailed! well-structured studies on recent initiatives in Ethiopia! Uganda! Kenya! and Malawi...It is an invitation for rigorous impact analysis and to further experimentation in the use of land markets. It is an appropriately important work with which to begin the Environment for Development series from Resources for the Future.' - Alain de Janvry! University of California at Berkeley! USA'it is a careful empirical record of most everything one needs to know about land markets in Ethiopia' -Journal of Regional Science Informationen zum Autor Stein T. Holden is a professor in development and resource economics at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences.Keijiro Otsuka is a professorial fellow at the Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development and a professor in economics at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo. Frank M. Place is an economist in the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in Nairobi! Kenya. Klappentext The high incidence of poverty and the need for increased agricultural productivity remain acute in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. This book addresses the land markets and their implications for poverty! equity! and efficiency across various African countries. Zusammenfassung The high incidence of poverty and the need for increased agricultural productivity remain acute in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. This book addresses the land markets and their implications for poverty, equity, and efficiency across various African countries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Conceptual Frameworks1. Land Markets and Development in AfricaStein T. Holden! Keijiro Otsuka! and Frank M. Place 2. Understanding Land Markets: Questions and HypothesesStein T. Holden! Keijiro Otsuka! and Frank M. Place Part II: Land Markets! Allocative Efficiency! and Poverty: Who Has Access to Land?3. Land Rental Markets: Transaction Costs and Tenure Insecurity in Rural EthiopiaKlaus Deininger! Daniel Ayalew Ali! and Tekie Alemu4. Factor Market Imperfections and Rural Land Rental Markets in Northern Ethiopian HighlandsHosaena Ghebru and Stein T. Holden5. Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Land Markets in KenyaTakashi Yamano! Frank M. Place! Wilfred Nyangena! Julliet Wanjiku! and Keijiro Otsuka6. Land Rental Market Participation and Tenure Security in MalawiRodney Lunduka! Stein T. Holden! and Ragnar ygard7. Land Markets in Uganda: What Is Their Impact and Who Benefits?Klaus Deininger and Paul MpugaPart III: Contract Choice! Poverty! and Efficiency of Land Use8. Contract Choice and Poverty in Southern Highlands of EthiopiaMillion Tadesse! Stein T. Holden and Ragnar ygard9. Gender and Land Productivity on Rented Land in EthiopiaStein T. Holden and Mintewab Bezabih10. Kinship! Tenure Insecurity! Input Use and Land Productivity: The Case of Sharecropping in EthiopiaMenale Kassie and Stein T. HoldenPart IV: Land Markets! Land Tenure! and Land Management11. Land Rental Markets and Land Management in the Highlands of EthiopiaSamuel Benin and John Pender12. Land Rental Markets and Land Management: Evidence from UgandaEphraim Nkonya! John Pender! Samuel Benin! and Edward Kato13. Land Conflicts and Soil Management: Evidence from KenyaTakashi Yamano and Klaus Deininger14. Land Markets and Poverty in PerspectiveStein T. Holden! Keijiro Otsuka! and Frank M. PlaceReferencesIndex ...
