This book is the first systematic attempt to address emerging land markets and their implications for poverty, equity, and efficiency across a number of African
Across Africa land is being commodified: private ownership is replacing communal and customary tenure; Farms are turned into collateral for rural credit markets
This book proposes a new approach for a systemic and dynamic analysis of urban and peri-urban land markets in West Africa and applies it to Bamako, Mali. Based
Despite being heavily endowed with land and other natural resources, Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest poverty rate in the world. A key to leveraging its land
This open access book utilizes new data to thoroughly analyze the main factors currently shaping the African housing market. Some of these factors include the s