The profits of power: Land rights and agricultural investment in Ghana
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2008
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Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago
Abstract
This article investigates the impact of contested land rights on investment and productivity in agriculture in Akwapim, Ghana. The authors find that insecure land tenure in Ghana is associated with greatly reduced investment in land fertility. Individuals who are not central to the networks social and political power are much more likely to have their land expropriated while it lies fallow. Powerful individuals invest more in their land's fertility and thus have higher yields.
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Soil conservation, Tenancy, Tenure system, Soil fertility, Community participation, Political hierarchy, Agricultural production, Chieftaincy, Matrilineage, Farm/Enterprise Scale Governance
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Journal of Political Economy 116(6): 981-1022