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Market-Led Agrarian Reform

Author : Saturnino M. Borras Jr.,Cristóbal Kay,Edward Lahiff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317990963

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Market-Led Agrarian Reform by Saturnino M. Borras Jr.,Cristóbal Kay,Edward Lahiff Pdf

Three-fourths of the world’s poor are rural poor. Most of the rural poor remain dependent on land-based livelihoods for their incomes and reproduction despite significant livelihood diversification in recent years. Land issue remains critical to any development discourse today. Market-led agrarian reform (MLAR) has gained prominence since the early 1990s as an alternative to state-led land reforms. This neoliberal policy is based on the inversion of what its proponents see as the features of earlier approaches, and calls for redistribution via privatized, decentralized transactions between ‘willing sellers’ and ‘willing buyers’. Its proponents, especially those associated with the World Bank, have claimed success where the policy has been implemented, but such claims have been contested by independent scholars as well as by peasant movements who are struggling to gain access to land. This book presents three thematic papers and six country studies. The thematic papers address issues of formalisation of property rights, gendered land rights, and neoliberal enclosure. These studies demonstrate the pervasive influence of neoliberal ideas on property rights and rural development debates, well beyond the ‘core’ question of land redistribution. The country cases bring together experiences from Brazil, Guatemala, El Salvador, Philippines, South Africa and Egypt. Common findings include the success of landowners in minimising the impact of reform, and a lack of post-transfer support, translating into marginal impact on poverty. The limitations of the market-led approach, and the implications of the studies presented here for the future of agrarian reform, are considered in the editors’ introduction. This book was a special issue of The Third World Quarterly.

Market-led Agrarian Reform

Author : Saturnino M. Borras,Cristóbal Kay,Edward Lahiff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : WISC:89101537165

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Market-led Agrarian Reform by Saturnino M. Borras,Cristóbal Kay,Edward Lahiff Pdf

Presents three thematic papers on issues of formalization of property rights, gendered land rights, and neo-liberal enclosure, followed by six country studies describing experiences from Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Pro-Poor Land Reform

Author : Saturnino Borras
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780776618579

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Pro-Poor Land Reform by Saturnino Borras Pdf

Using empirical case materials from the Philippines and referring to rich experiences from different countries historically, this book offers conceptual and practical conclusions that have far-reaching implications for land reform throughout the world. Examining land reform theory and practice, this book argues that conventional practices have excluded a significant portion of land-based production and distribution relationships, while they have inadvertently included land transfers that do not constitute real redistributive reform. By direct implication, this book is a critique of both mainstream market led agrarian reform and conventional state-led land reform. It offers an alternative perspective on how to move forward in theory and practice and opens new paths in land policy research.

Exposing Market-led Agrarian Reform

Author : Kirsten Daub
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Land reform
ISBN : OCLC:1127734500

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Exposing Market-led Agrarian Reform by Kirsten Daub Pdf

In recent years Market-Led Agrarian Reform has been promoted in the global South as a more effective approach than State-Led Agrarian Reform. This thesis uses in-depth qualitative research to assess the experience of several Guatemalan communities in their quest to obtain land through Guatemalaś market Assisted land distribution program over the past 10 years. Six categories are used to evaluate MLAR in Guatemala: the pace and efficiency of reform; the extent to which complementary reforms have been enacted; accessibility to participants; quality of land; technical assistance available; and access to start-up capital and markets for agricultural production. The findings of this thesis support the conclusions made by a number of researchers assessing other country experiences with MLAR that this type of land distribution program is fairly ineffective at redistributing land or fostering sustainable rural livelihoods in Latin America.

Competing Views and Strategies on Agrarian Reform: International perspective

Author : Saturnino M. Borras
Publisher : Ateneo University Press
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Agrarian reform
ISBN : 9789715505581

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Competing Views and Strategies on Agrarian Reform: International perspective by Saturnino M. Borras Pdf

After two decades of implementation, the Comprehensive Agrarian Program continues to be the object of political controversy in the Philippines. Volume 1: Competing Views and Strategies on Agrarian Reform: International Perspective aims to broaden the discussion by focusing on international political, policy and theoretical debates, as well as on some empirical cases from different countries that are relevant to the study of agrarian issues in the Philippines. Volume 2: Competing Views and Strategies on Agrarian Reform: Philippine Perspective aims to deepen the discussion by focusing on the Philippine agrarian reform experience, but drawing lessons that are relevant to theory-building and to policy discourse and political actions in situations elsewhere. The overarching theme of the twin books is "critical thinking": conventional assumptions are interrogated, popular propositions critically examined, and new ways of questioning proposed.

Promised Land

Author : Peter Rosset,Raj Patel,Michael Courville
Publisher : Food First Books
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : 0935028285

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Promised Land by Peter Rosset,Raj Patel,Michael Courville Pdf

This book represents the first harvest in the English language of the work of the Land Research Action Network (LRAN). LRAN is an international working group of researchers, analysts, nongovernment organizations, and representatives of social movements. -- pref.

Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform

Author : Prosper B. Matondi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781780321509

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Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform by Prosper B. Matondi Pdf

The Fast Track Land Reform Programme in Zimbabwe has emerged as a highly contested reform process both nationally and internationally. The image of it has all too often been that of the widespread displacement and subsequent replacement of various people, agricultural-related production systems, facets and processes. The reality, however, is altogether more complex. Providing new and much-needed empirical research, this in-depth book examines how processes such as land acquisition, allocation, transitional production outcomes, social life, gender and tenure, have influenced and been influenced by the forces driving the programme. It also explores the ways in which the land reform programme has created a new agrarian structure based on small- to medium-scale farmers. In attempting to resolve the problematic issues the reforms have raised, the author argues that it is this new agrarian formation which provides the greatest scope for improving Zimbabwe's agriculture and development. Based on a broader geographical scope than any previous study carried out on the subject, this is a landmark work on a subject of considerable controversy.

Land, Poverty and Livelihoods in an Era of Globalization

Author : A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi,Saturnino M. Borras Jr.,Cristóbal Kay
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134121915

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Land, Poverty and Livelihoods in an Era of Globalization by A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi,Saturnino M. Borras Jr.,Cristóbal Kay Pdf

A host of internationally eminent scholars are brought together here to explore the structural causes of rural poverty and income inequality, as well as the processes of social exclusion and political subordination encountered by the peasantry and rural workers across a wide range of countries. This volume examines the intersection of politics and economics and provides a critical analysis and framework for the study of neo-liberal land policies in the current phase of globalization. Utilizing new empirical evidence from ten countries, it provides an in-depth analysis of key country studies, a comparative analysis of agrarian reforms and their impact on rural poverty in Africa, Asia, Latin America and transition countries. Presenting an agrarian reform policy embedded in an appropriate development strategy, which is able to significantly reduce and hopefully eliminate rural poverty, this work is a key resource for postgraduate students studying in the areas of development economics, development studies and international political economy.

Land Reform and Peasant Livelihoods

Author : Kléber Bertrand Ghimire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Land reform
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111013384

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Land Reform and Peasant Livelihoods by Kléber Bertrand Ghimire Pdf

The book provides a timely contribution to the discussion on land reform; scrutinizing the inadequacy of the market-oriented approach to land reform which is linked to structural adjustment policies and advocate convincingly a flexible approach toward re-distributive reforms as the most appropriate strategy towards alleviating rural poverty.

Land Reform Revisited

Author : Femke Brandt,Grasian Mkodzongi
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004362550

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Land Reform Revisited by Femke Brandt,Grasian Mkodzongi Pdf

The rich empirical material presented in Land Reform Revisited engages with timely debates about land use, land reform, neoliberal state planning, power relations and questions of identity and belonging in post-apartheid South Africa.

Agricultural Land Redistribution and Land Administration in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Frank F. K. Byamugisha
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781464801891

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Agricultural Land Redistribution and Land Administration in Sub-Saharan Africa by Frank F. K. Byamugisha Pdf

Agricultural Land Redistribution and Land Administration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Studies of Recent Reforms focuses on “how” to undertake land reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa, but with relevant lessons for other developing countries. It provides details, with case studies, on how reforms were undertaken to address a pressing and controversial development challenge in Africa – land ownership inequality – and an intransigent development issue – inefficiency and corruption in land administration. An equally important contribution of the book is assessing reforms and highlighting valuable lessons for other countries contemplating reforms. The six case studies collectively cover two main areas of land governance: reforms in redistributing agricultural land and reforms in land administration. The first two case studies discuss reforms in redistributing agricultural land in Malawi and South Africa, part of the southern Africa region where land ownership inequalities rival those in Latin America. The remaining case studies, four in number, are focused on addressing corruption and inefficiency in land administration in a variety of contexts of governance including stable and post-conflict countries. The case studies cover: • Decentralizing land administration with demonstrations from Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Ghana; • Developing post-conflict land administration systems with examples from Liberia and Rwanda; • Re-engineering and computerizing land information systems with examples from Ghana and Uganda; and • Improving management of government land through land inventories with examples drawn from Ghana and Uganda. The common elements between sometimes disparate experiences provide lessons of relevance to African and other developing countries contemplating similar reforms. The rigorous analysis and yet down-to-earth lessons of experience are a reflection of the authors’ deep global experience underpinned by personal participation in the reforms covered by the book. This volume will be of interest to a wide audience including land specialists and practitioners, African policy makers, experts and managers in the international development community, and the academia.

Seeking Middle Ground

Author : Sanjoy Chakravorty,Amitendu Palit
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199097678

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Seeking Middle Ground by Sanjoy Chakravorty,Amitendu Palit Pdf

Land is a subject of great conflict and debate in India. Over the last decade, it has influenced electoral verdicts and political fortunes and remains one of the most persistent challenges facing the nation. This book argues that the focus on politics and land acquisition has deflected attention from the possibilities of market-oriented approaches that are becoming relevant because of booming, but diverse, land markets. It aims to nudge the discussion towards a better understanding of the complementary strengths of state- and market-led approaches to the many problems of land in rural and urban India. Featuring original essays from leading analysts, this book examines the agrarian crisis and urbanization, laws and policies, displacement and compensation, factories and housing, cooperation and conflict, and other vital issues affecting land at the regional and national level. These multiple lines of enquiry make this book a critical and objective commentary on contemporary India and its ongoing economic, socio-political, and legal struggles with land.

Breathing Life Into Dead Theories about Property Rights

Author : Celestine Itumbi Nyamu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Land tenure
ISBN : UOM:39015069191180

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Breathing Life Into Dead Theories about Property Rights by Celestine Itumbi Nyamu Pdf

Presumption of a direct causal link between formalisation of property rights and economic productivity is back on the international development agenda. Belief in such a direct causal relationship had been abandoned in the early 1990s, following four decades of land tenure reform experiments that failed to produce the anticipated efficiency results. The work of Hernando de Soto has provided the springboard for this revival. De Soto argues that formal property rights hold the key to poverty reduction by unlocking the capital potential of assets held informally by poor people. De Soto's justifications of formal title do not differ much from justifications that were advanced for ambitious land tenure reforms in various sub-Saharan African countries, starting with Kenya in the 1950s. Introduction of formal title in the African areas was seen as the key to solving problems of land degradation and improving agriculture by providing farmers with security of tenure that would create incentives for further investment in the land. This paper argues that there are five shortcomings in both the old and contemporary arguments for formalisation of land title. First, legality is constructed narrowly to mean only formal legality. Therefore legal pluralism is equated with extra-legality. Second, there is an underlying social evolutionist bias that presumes inevitability of the transition to private (conflated with individual) ownership as the destiny of all societies. Third, the presumed link between formal title and access to credit facilities has not been borne out by empirical evidence. Fourth, markets in land are understood narrowly to refer only to 'formal markets'. Fifth, the arguments in favour of formulisation of title as the means to secure tenure ignore the fact that formal title could also generate insecurity.

African Land Reform Under Economic Liberalisation

Author : Shinichi Takeuchi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811647253

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African Land Reform Under Economic Liberalisation by Shinichi Takeuchi Pdf

This open access book offers unique in-depth, comprehensive, and comparative analyses of the motivations, context, and outcomes of recent land reforms in Africa. Whereas a considerable number of land reforms have been carried out by African governments since the 1990s, no systematic analysis on their meaning has so far been conducted. In the age of land reform, Africa has seen drastic rural changes. Analysing the relationship between those reforms and change, the chapters in this book reveal not only their socio-economic outcomes, such as accelerated marketisation of land, but also their political outcomes, which have often been contrasting. Countries such as Rwanda and Mozambique have utilised land reform to strengthen state control over land, but other countries, such as Ghana and Zambia, have seen the rise in power of traditional chiefs in managing the land. The comparative perspective of this book clarifies new features of African social changes, which are carefully investigated by area experts. Providing new perspectives on recent land reform, this book will have a considerable impact on scholars as well as policymakers.

Agricultural Land Redistribution

Author : Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize,Camille Bourguignon,Rogerius Johannes Eugenius van den Brink
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780821379622

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Agricultural Land Redistribution by Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize,Camille Bourguignon,Rogerius Johannes Eugenius van den Brink Pdf

Despite 250 years of land reform all over the World, important land inequalities remain, especially in Latin America and Southern Africa.While in these countries, there is near consensus on the need for redistribution, much controversy persists around how to redistribute land peacefully and legally, often blocking progress on implementation.This book focuses on the "how" of land redistribution in order to forge greater consensus among land reform practitioners and enable them to make better choices on the mechanisms of land reform. Reviews and case studies describe and analyze the al.