'Resettlement with Chinese characteristics': the distinctive political-economic context,(in) voluntary urbanites, and three types of mismatch

C Yang, Z Qian - International Journal of Urban Sustainable …, 2021‏ - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, urban resettlement as a specific form of urbanisation has gained its
momentum in planning practices to accommodate newcomers of cities, in line with the …

Land rights, industrialization, and urbanization: China in comparative context

SH Whiting - Journal of Chinese Political Science, 2022‏ - Springer
What do studies of land rights in China contribute to the broader discipline of political
science? First, the Chinese case challenges orthodox theories of secure, private property …

Foreign aid volatility and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Does institutional quality matter?

E Boateng, FW Agbola, A Mahmood - Economic modelling, 2021‏ - Elsevier
This paper investigates whether foreign aid volatility affects economic growth in countries
with an effective institution. Specifically, we examine the role of institutional quality in aid …

[HTML][HTML] Does joint land ownership empower rural women socio-economically? Evidence from Eastern Nepal

PR Ghimire, N Devkota, T Maraseni, G Khanal, J Deuja… - Land Use Policy, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Joint Land Ownership (JLO) is increasingly important for empowering women and
improving their socioeconomic well-being. However, there is a lack of empirical research on …

Government debt, land financing and distributive justice in China

M Cai, J Fan, C Ye, Q Zhang - Urban Studies, 2021‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Massive funds that are necessary to finance China's capital-intensive urbanisation are
channelled through Local Government Financing Vehicles (LGFVs), which are established …

[HTML][HTML] The universal commons: An economic theory of ecosystem ownership

C Herrmann-Pillath - Ecological Economics, 2023‏ - Elsevier
A key question in ecological transformation is what the law can contribute, beyond mere
regulatory schemes. One strand is defined by the 'rights of nature'concept. Another emerging …

[HTML][HTML] Undertaking land administration reform: Is there a better way?

AF Burns, A Rajabifard, D Shojaei - Land Use Policy, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Governments establish land administration systems to formally acknowledge and protect
property rights, restrictions, and responsibilities (RRR). The protection and recording of …

The complexity of property rights embedded in the rural-to-urban resettlement of China: A case of Hangzhou

C Yang, Z Qian - Land Use Policy, 2022‏ - Elsevier
China's dual land ownership structure creates distinctive land markets in rural and urban
areas, and the issue of ambiguous property rights systems is theoretically regarded as a …

Sugarcoating the bitter pill: compensation, land governance, and opposition to land expropriation in China

M Cai, JB Murtazashivili, I Murtazashvili… - The Journal of Peasant …, 2020‏ - Taylor & Francis
China's rapid urbanization has been fueled by dispossession and subsequent
commodification of villagers' land. We use interviews and an original survey of land-losing …

The chronic uncertainty of American Indian property rights

E Alston, A Crepelle, W Law… - Journal of Institutional …, 2021‏ - cambridge.org
Property institutions should ideally provide economic actors with certainty that their local
choices about investment will not be unsettled by shifting political economic equilibria. We …