Resolving land conflicts through Alternative Dispute Resolution: Exploring the motivations and challenges in Ghana
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106272
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Alternative Disputes Resolution; Motivations; Challenges; Land conflicts; Ghana; ADR;All these keywords.
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