The Emergence of Land Markets in Africa

Index

A

Access to land markets, 76, 91–92, 150

in Ethiopia, 159

factors affecting, 22–27

poverty and equity, 274–278

research questions, 16

Agricultural productivity, 3, 4, 115, 179–180, 290

Allocative efficiency, 16, 27–35, 108, 275, 278, 282–283, 290

and land rental markets, 27–36, 274

research questions, 16

Alternative land strategies, 29–30

optimality conditions, 29

Amhara Region (Ethiopia) research, 219–221, 230–235

Area rented in. See Rented in plots

Area rented out. See Rented out plots

Asian land reforms versus land markets in Africa, 14

Asset endowments, 78–79

Asymmetric-information effect, 47

Asymmetry of land rental market, 76

B

Bargaining power hypothesis, 164, 173, 175

Benin

current land market status, 12, 13

equity issues, 23