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  • A group of Ethiopian economists says there is a direct link between famines and the land-tenure system.

    Ethiopia Bleg, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • In many countries this will require fundamental land-tenure reform.

    Africa's renaissance for the environment~ land 2009

  • In Indonesia, between 1998 and 2002 alone, 479 people were reported as having been tortured in conflicts defending community rights, and dozens of people have been killed in land-tenure disputes.

    Joel Makower: Oreos, Orangutans and Unintended Consequences 2008

  • This whole scandal also does much to exacerbate and nothing to help resolve Kenya's piece of East Africa's lingering post-colonial land-tenure problem.

    Everyday world Marian 2008

  • This whole scandal also does much to exacerbate and nothing to help resolve Kenya's piece of East Africa's lingering post-colonial land-tenure problem.

    Bandung+50 Marian 2008

  • This whole scandal also does much to exacerbate and nothing to help resolve Kenya's piece of East Africa's lingering post-colonial land-tenure problem.

    Hermann hesse club Marian 2008

  • Unemployment and weak development of human capital often stimulates social unrest, human migration, ethnic tension, and land-tenure conflicts, frequently near forested lands.

    Biological diversity in the Guinean forests of West Africa 2008

  • This whole scandal also does much to exacerbate and nothing to help resolve Kenya's piece of East Africa's lingering post-colonial land-tenure problem.

    Books Marian 2008

  • This archaic land-tenure system was an anomaly, and it bore bitter fruit; unrest plagued the New York lands in the 18th century.

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • This archaic land-tenure system was an anomaly, and it bore bitter fruit; unrest plagued the New York lands in the 18th century.

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

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