This report argues that land reform, both tenancy reform and redistribution of ceiling surplus lands to the landless, is important to poverty alleviation.The paper argues that in addition to production benefits, land reform helps to change the local political structure by giving more voice to the poor. Re-distributive land reform, whether through market-assisted land reform programmes or otherwise, should remain a substantive policy issue for poverty reduction.
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2002India, China, Eastern Asia, Southern Asia, Oceania
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2002China, 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.
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2001China, Eastern Asia, Oceania
This report documents the in-depth situation assessment on Pastoral Risk Management and Poverty Alleviation, in Dari County.
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