Abstract: This article poses the question whether top-down institutional change is desirable, using the case of land tenure reform versus customary rights. It recommends adopting an agenda of gradual reform that recognizes the constraints of bottom up evolution instead of delusory top down attempts.
Author(s): Easterly, William
Source(s): , American economic review; Vol. 98, No. 2 p. 95-99 American economic review Vol. 98, No. 2
Published: 2008 American economic association], [Nashville, TN (English
ISBN/ISSN: [0002-8282]/
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