The profits of power: Land rights and agricultural investment in Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorGoldstein, M.en
dc.contributor.authorUdry, C.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialGhanaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:07:37Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:07:37Zen
dc.date.issued2008en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en
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dc.identifier4301en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Political Economy 116(6): 981-1022en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1086/595561en
dc.identifier.issn0022-3808en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68853en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherChicago, IL: The University of Chicagoen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2008 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSoil conservationen
dc.subjectTenancyen
dc.subjectTenure systemen
dc.subjectSoil fertilityen
dc.subjectCommunity participationen
dc.subjectPolitical hierarchyen
dc.subjectAgricultural productionen
dc.subjectChieftaincyen
dc.subjectMatrilineageen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Governanceen
dc.titleThe profits of power: Land rights and agricultural investment in Ghanaen
dc.typeAbstracten
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