Land Reform: Land Settlement and Cooperatives

ABSTRACTED FROM PREFACE: This volume... present a rich set of articles presenting issues specific to a number of continents and regions, countries and communities, land tenures and land tenure databases. The articles in this volume are unique in presenting a set of regional perspectives on this important issue. They demonstrate the importance of collection, recording and analysis of land tenure data in all regions. These data are crucial for improved decision and policy making in the fields of economic development, food security and environmental sustainabilitiy, owing to the variability and complexities of land tenure systems and arrangements; nor do land tenure databases permit standard solutions or models.