Customary succession and re-issuance of land documents in Ghana: Implications on peri-urban land developers in Kumasi
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106270
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Customary succession; Re-issuance; Land documents; Chiefs; Land developers; Land revenues; Peri-urban;All these keywords.
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