pt. 1. Conceptual frameworks -- pt. 2. Land markets, allocative efficiency, and poverty : who has access to land? -- pt. 3. Contract choice, poverty, and efficiency of land use -- pt. 4. Land markets, land tenure, and land management.

Over the past four decades, Zimbabwe redistributed vast quantities of arable land to the landless, women and poor communal farmers to reduce inequality. Yet poverty and gender disparity in land ownership have continued to be discernible. It is against this background that this article explores...