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Beyond the Binary of Formal and Informal: Negotiating Hybrid Land Control by Chinese Banana Entrepreneurs in Laos

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, Volume 26, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT As transnational land investments continue to expand across the Global South, land governance in many settings is shifting from largely informal arrangements towards greater formalization. However, we know less about how entrepreneurs sustain and rework land control as host states tighten regulation and introduce new formal requirements and ...
Ben Fan, Xiaobo Hua, Yasuyuki Kono
wiley   +1 more source

Political and Institutional Development in England

open access: yesThe Manchester School, Volume 94, Issue 4, Page 438-449, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper revisits the political and institutional development of England from the Magna Carta to the Glorious Revolution. I argue that institutional change in this period is best understood through the lens of coalition formation. Political elites had heterogeneous preferences over first two, and then three, recurring axes of disagreement ...
Mark Koyama
wiley   +1 more source

Customary land tenure dynamics and women's access to land in the Mambay community

open access: yes, 2010
This paper presents and analyses data on women challenging customary land tenure arrangements, as they strive to gain access to much needed farmland. The research was conducted in the Mambay community: Bipare, Kaboung-ni and Kafinarou. It is clear that ‘customary' law is always in the process of adapting itself to what is actually going on in the ...
Koultchoumi, Babette, Djedo, Palwe.G.
openaire   +1 more source

The Effects of Land Management Policies on the Environment and People in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review. [PDF]

open access: yesCampbell Syst Rev
Marion P   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Distributional effects of marine conservation on coastal livelihoods in Eastern Indonesia. [PDF]

open access: yesNat Commun
Le DT   +16 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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