Title: Land registration usage theory : a case study in Ghana

Authors: Barry, Michael and Roux, Lani and Danso, Ephraim

Place: [Washington, DC]

Publisher: World bank

Year: cop. 2012

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: governance, decision-making, customary law, leadership, land acquisition, land tenure, ghana

Abstract: The paper presents a 3-stage theory to examine why and how people register or choose not to register their land, using a case from the outskirts of Accra. The situation mirrored the one elsewhere in Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa. Land sales have benefited few and leaders have manipulated the rules.

URL: http://landandpoverty.com/agenda/pdfs/paper/barry_full_paper.pdf

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