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  1. Library Resource
    January, 2003
    Eastern Asia, Oceania, Southern Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean

    This paper examines case studies from Asia and Latin America to show the possibilities for states to tap into community-level energies and resources for development if they seek to interact more synergistically with local communities.Using case studies from Asia and Latin America, the report shows how: State efforts to bring about land reform, tenancy reform, and expanding non-crop sources of income can broaden the distribution of power in rural communities, laying the basis for more effective community-driven collective action; and Higher levels of government can form alliances with commun

  2. Library Resource
    January, 2003

    This report sets out the results and key insights from recent research on land policy and analysis of specific interventions relating to land. The aim is to highlight the importance of nuanced policy advice, but also to illustrate some general principles for formulating such policy advice in specific country settings.Conclusions and recommendations include:providing secure tenure to land is needed to improve the welfare of the poor, in particular, by enhancing the asset base of those, such as women, whose land rights are often neglected.

  3. Library Resource
    January, 2002

    This draft paper outlines a strategy for World Bank involvement in land policies. It focuses on property rights to land, land transactions, and socially optimal use of land.

  4. Library Resource
    January, 2002

    This paper examines factors influencing a household’s willingness to participate in community based service provision programs. Using data from a recently completed geo-referenced household survey for Bangalore, India, two important hypotheses on why households engage in collective action are tested: does tenure security enhance the probability of participation mainly because the resulting appreciation in housing values can be capitalised and the anticipated benefit stream from service provision is accrued over a longer period?

  5. Library Resource
    January, 2002
    China, Eastern Asia, Oceania

    This paper addresses the issue of land security and sustainability. The paper tackles the assumption that, in the case of China, giving farmers more secure land rights would undermine the function of land as a social safety net and, as a consequence, not be sustainable or command broad support.The report draws on data from three provinces, one of which had adopted a policy to increase security of tenure in advance of the others.

  6. Library Resource
    January, 2003
    Vietnam, Oceania, Eastern Asia, Southern Asia

    This paper examines the impact of land reform in Vietnam which gives households the power to exchange, transfer, lease, inherit, and mortgage their land-use rights. The authors expect this change to increase the incentives as well as the ability to undertake long-term investments on the part of households.

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    February, 2002
    Armenia

    This report reviews growth trends in
    Armenia for the period 1994-2000, outlines major weaknesses
    of existing development patterns, and suggests a package of
    policy recommendations designed to accelerate enterprise
    restructuring, attract investment, and encourage the
    creation of new businesses in the medium term (three to five
    years). Such steps are needed to sustain (and preferably to
    increase) the current growth rates, to stop emigration among

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