Land rights, power and trees in rural Ethiopia

This paper provides evidence from one of the poorest countries of the world that the institutions of property rights, in particular related to land, are of crucial importance for investment and growth. In Ethiopia, with all land state-owned, the threat of land redistribution never appears far off th...

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Main Authors: Dercon, S, Ayalew, D
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: CSAE (University of Oxford) 2007