THE EMERGENCE AND DYNAMICS OF RURAL LAND MARKETS IN WEST AFRICA KEY ISSUES, KEY INSIGHTS AND REMAINING QUESTIONS
Jean-Philippe COLIN
UMR GRED, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), Montpellier, France
In many rural areas of West Africa, market transactions are emerging or increasing in large numbers. This paper provides a glimpse of a much larger literature review prepared as part of an expertise commissioned by the West African Economic and Monetary Union. In order to be concise, the focus has been selectively
placed on four key issues: (i) the conditions for land commodification, (ii) the institutional arrangements,
actors and rationales for land transactions, (iii) the impact of land markets in terms of conflicts, actors’ securing strategies, efficiency and equity considerations, and (iv) avenues for future research regarding land transactions in West Africa.
Event: Land Governance in an Interconnected World_Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty_2018
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