Sasu, AJaved, AImran, MSquires, Graham2024-03-272024-03-102024-062024-03-050264-8377NT9A7 (isidoc)https://hdl.handle.net/10182/17043Land banking practices have received little attention on how such practices shape informal land markets in developing countries. Drawing on a relational complexity framework, this study explores the land banking experience in Ghana's informal land markets. This research conducted semi-structured interviews with over thirty participants from four communities within the Ghanaian informal land market. The analysis revealed that developers are banking large tracts of land as capital investments through land dispositions. The absence of development on these banked lands has created a situation where developers are gradually influencing land prices. The analysis also shows that developers have created complex ongoing relationships with customary land managers. This coalition relationship has shaped land prices through the displacement of state-mediated statutory powers for land exchanges. The study recommends revisiting of stakeholder discussions on the enforcement and monitoring of the processes required under the Ghanaian Lands Commission guidelines for large-scale land transactions.14 pagesenGhanainformal land marketsland bankingland pricesrelational complexityJournal Article10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.1071331873-5754ANZSRC::330404 Land use and environmental planningANZSRC::3304 Urban and regional planningANZSRC::330403 Housing markets, development and managementANZSRC::330406 Regional analysis and developmentANZSRC::350403 Real estate and valuation serviceshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Attribution