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Bibliothèque Land tenure in rural lowland Myanmar

Land tenure in rural lowland Myanmar

Land tenure in rural lowland Myanmar
From historical perspectives to contemporary realities in the Dry Zone and the Delta
Land tenure in rural low land Myanmar

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Date of publication
Septembre 2017
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Pages
302

This study emerged out of an identified need to document social processes leading to land insecurity, and those leading to investment and sustainable use of lands by rural populations. Focusing on the Delta and Dry Zone, the main paddy producing regions of Myanmar, this analysis unravels the powers at play in shaping rural households’ relationship to land. From British colonization to the 2012 reforms, many issues have remained relatively unchanged with regards to local dynamics of landlessness, exclusion processes, local power plays, restrictions in farmers’ land rights and the State’s excessive focus on rice. In the midst of a fast evolving legal context, this work provides a typology of farmers and the landless and argues that more attention needs to be paid to understand the diversity of rural households and forms of landlessness.

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