Seminario sobre el Proceso de Planificación en América Latina y las Empresas Estatales

Critically reviews land reform measures adopted since the early 1950s, their impact and limitations.

Discuss land tenure related problems, their impact on productivity, equity, policies pursued for reforming the system, their limitations, and suggests alternative policy measures.

Provides a critique of the existing system of tenure classification, suggests an alternative and test with empirical data from a survey in three districts in Bangladesh

Census, surveys and research studies conventionally identify three tenure classes -owner-operators, part-tenants and tenants - in Bangladesh. Some sources identify two more classes-part-operators and absentee owners.