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Impact of Access to Credit on the Poor: Research Design and Baseline Survey for a Longitudinal Study

LandLibrary Resource
December, 1997
Philippines
Eastern Asia
Oceania

Presents the baseline survey for a study of the impact of microfinance services offered by Alalay sa Kaunlaran sa Gitnang Luzon, Inc (ASKI). ASKI is a microfinance institution based in Cabanatuan City in the Philippines, and is a member of the BWTP Network.The baseline survey is the first step in a longitudinal process.

Capital Outflow from the Agriculture Sector in Thailand

LandLibrary Resource
December, 1997

To understand Thailand's policy on development and industrialization, one must also study its policy on trade and agriculture. Certain Thai policies have facilitated economic development in Thailand: Raising agricultural productivity even during the early period of import substitution. The relatively equal distribution of land. Decentralized industrial growth.

Private and communal property rights in rangeland and forests in Uganda

LandLibrary Resource
December, 1997
Uganda
Sub-Saharan Africa

The present land tenure situation in Uganda is essentially the result of four factors: customary tenure practices, the mailo tenure system introduced under the British colonial administration, the Land Reform Decree passed by Idi Amin’s government in 1975, and the disrupting social order under the Amin regime and during the period following its downfall.

Land access, off - farm income and capital access in relation to the reduction of rural poverty

LandLibrary Resource
December, 1997

The current framework of economic growth and development includes a general trend towards the privatization of land rights and a collapse of collective structures in agriculture as well as a move towards reliance on land markets as the means of peasant access to participation in the development process.

After land reform, the market?

LandLibrary Resource
December, 1997
Latin America and the Caribbean

The ultimately disappointing results of past redistributive reforms caused contemporary policy-makers in Latin America to search for alternatives. In recent years, the issue of transforming tenure structure through the market mechanism has moved into the spotlight. This paper argues that it is extremely helpful to approach the topic from an institutional perspective.

New Institutional Economics: A Survey of Property Rights and Natural Resource Management [case study from Rajasthan]

LandLibrary Resource
December, 1997

In this paper, the results of a recent case study of forest conservation and management in Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, India are reported. Changes in land use, grazing, household fuelwood collection and inadequate management institutions are identified as key factors causing forest degradation.