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  1. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    India

    In India, land continues to be of
    enormous economic, social, and symbolic relevance. The main
    purpose of this report is to review new empirical evidence
    on land administration and land policy, as well as the
    possible interaction between the two, to derive policy
    conclusions. The empirical basis for the discussion of land
    administration is provided by a review of land records,
    survey and settlement, and land registration in 14 states.

  2. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    July, 2013
    India

    Planned efforts to relocate human populations often entail protracted struggles over the terms on which local populations may be compensated for the loss of land, assets and livelihoods. In many instances, compensation has been established on the basis of historical market value, which in effect excludes stakeholders (e.g., encroachers, landless laborers, sharecroppers, etc.) whose livelihoods are adversely affected by land acquisition. Establishing ways of recognizing and compensating the loss of informal land and livelihood is therefore a pressing policy priority.

  3. Library Resource
    November, 2014
    India

    Differences in relative female
    employment by soil texture are used to explain the
    heterogeneous deficit of female children across districts
    within India. Soil texture varies exogenously and determines
    the depth of land tillage. Deep tillage, possible in loamy
    but not in clayey soil textures, reduces the demand for
    labor in agricultural tasks traditionally performed by
    women. Girls have a lower economic value where female labor

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