textabstractIt is the irony of history that, despite the spectacular accomplishments of the Western European industrial revolution and the agricultural revolution before it, most of mankind is still faced with the
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsFebruary, 1973Uganda
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsMarch, 1998Philippines
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsJanuary, 1998South America, Central America
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsJanuary, 1983Ethiopia
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsJune, 2013Vietnam
textabstractAfter the Doi Moi (‘renovation’) reforms in Vietnam from 1986, land ownership rules were adjusted, effectively terminating former land collectivisation efforts. While land ownership remained fully under the control of the state, a 1993 land law conferred 20-year leaseholds to most farmers. They could now utilize farm land individually, and sell, swap and mortgage the land in a situation similar to private ownership. These leaseholds are now expiring and a new 2013 land law is in the making.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsNovember, 1997Uganda
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsSeptember, 2009Bolivia
textabstractIn this paper we discuss forestry issues related to land reform in Bolivia. We find that although the current land reform satisfies most of the conditions that are necessary for adequately addressing development issues in the agrarian sector, it does not deal with many of the challenges related to forest management and actually contains provisions that come in conflict with the objectives of sustainable forest management.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsFebruary, 2012Philippines
textabstractMainstream adherence to land titling as a strategy to address rural poverty has gained even more sway against the backdrop of the contemporary phenomenon of large-scale farmland acquisitions, known to some as “global land grabbing”. The orthodox narrative, embraced in toto by organisations such as the World Bank, is that formal property rights mitigate the risks of these land acquisitions and allow the poor to access the benefits of these acquisitions.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsJanuary, 2004Peru
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsNovember, 2001Vietnam
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