Understanding property rights in land and natural resource management

A better understanding of the role of property rights in land and natural resource management requires attention to several basic questions: What are property rights? Where do they come from? What are they good for? Why and how do they change, with what outcomes? This chapter is an attempt to answer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mwangi, Esther, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2009
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161991
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Summary:A better understanding of the role of property rights in land and natural resource management requires attention to several basic questions: What are property rights? Where do they come from? What are they good for? Why and how do they change, with what outcomes? This chapter is an attempt to answer these questions.