Financial flows into Africa are being reoriented through the pervasive discourse of the
'infrastructure gap'. The article argues that the generation of new infrastructures identified as …

This paper considers the foundations of contemporary African urban economies and how
these intersect with the evolution of urban politics, carving a route through a wide range of …

China's dual land ownership structure creates distinctive land markets in rural and urban
areas, and the issue of ambiguous property rights systems is theoretically regarded as a …

Inter-communal land conflict in Benin City has increased owing to informal land subdivision
by land owning communities. As development intensifies, boundaries between communities …

This paper examines how institutions impact large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) in the
peri-urban city of a developing economy. That is, by examining the documented formal rules …

The importance of tenure security for development and wellbeing is often reduced to
questions about how titles can guarantee rights, overlooking the contested and layered …

Different slums exhibit different levels of resilience against the threat of eviction. However,
little is known about the role of the social capital of the slum community in this context. This …

Abstract Zimbabwe implemented the Fast-Track Land Reform Program (FTLRP) in the year
2000. This program has had far-reaching implications on urban development, especially on …

Land banking practices in complex informal land markets are growing in developing
countries. However, the land banking (LB) literature predominantly focuses on publicly …

Transaction cost theory is largely used to investigate the formal domain of land and housing.
In the informal domain, however, this perspective has been employed largely as a …