Land institutions and policies will be critical to help African countries respond to the challengesof climate change, urban expansion, structural transformation, and gender equality.Together, they affect urban dwellers' ability to access productive jobs, live in decent housing, andbreathe clean...

Purpose Over the past 20 years, China's infrastructure has developed at an extraordinary speed. The current literature mainly focuses on the effects of political incentives on the infrastructure. However, this paper indicates that the structural change of China's land regime is an important clue...

This report evaluates the legal framework for rural land rights, the regulations of rural housing sites, the effects of land requisition on farmers who lose land, and some selected issues affecting urban land rights. The focus of this report is how to enhance property rights in a number of...

This book rigorously explores the critical, initial stage of cluster emergence in which the seeds for further growth are sown. Whether economic growth actually occurs, however, ultimately depends on various regional conditions and the processes in place

Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction / Martin Andersson, Lina Bjerke and Charlie Karlsson -- Part I: Geography of structural change, employment and productivity -- 2. Exploring regional differences in the regional capacity to absorb displacements / Kristina Nyström and Ingrid Viklund Ros --...