Agricultural Land Redistribution : Towards Greater Consensus on the How

, by Binswanger-Mkhize, Hans P.; Bourguignon, Camille; Van Den Brink, Rogier

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ISBN: 9780821376270 | 0821376276
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Copyright: 6/16/2009

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This book focuses on the how of land redistribution in order to forge greater consensus among land reform practitioners and enable them to make better choices on the mechanisms of land reform.

Boxes, Figures, and Tables	p. x
Foreword	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
About the Authors	p. xvii
Abbreviations	p. xxi
The Growing Consensus on the Importance of Land Redistribution
Introduction and Summary	p. 3
Why Do We Need a Book on Agricultural Land Redistribution?	p. 3
The Problem of Land Redistribution	p. 5
Why Redistribute Land? The Growing Consensus	p. 7
How to Redistribute Agricultural Land: Emerging Principles	p. 14
Conclusion	p. 35
Annex	p. 37
Notes	p. 40
References	p. 40
The Historical Origins of Land Concentration and Past Attempts to Redistribute Land
History of Land Concentration and Redistributive Land Reforms	p. 45
The Emergence of Property Rights in Land	p. 48
Interventions to Establish and Support Large Farms in Sub-Saharan Africa	p. 57
Success and Failure in Land Reform	p. 63
The Social Cost of Delayed Reform: Revolts and Civil Wars	p. 70
Credit, Policy Distortions, and Land Sales Markets	p. 74
Policy Implications for Redistributive Land Reform	p. 76
Notes	p. 79
References	p. 80
Land Redistribution in Kenya	p. 87
Kenya's Land Question: The Political Economy of Colonial Agriculture	p. 89
Early Attempts to Redistribute Land	p. 92
Re-Africanizing the Highlands: The One Million Acre Settlement Scheme	p. 99
The Politics of Redistribution	p. 105
Conclusion: Some Key Lessons	p. 114
Note	p. 115
References	p. 116
Land Reform throughout the 20th Century in China	p. 119
The First Land Redistribution in Modern China	p. 120
Land Collectivization and the People's Commune	p. 124
Decollectivization and Reintroduction of Individual Land Rights	p. 127
Conversion of Rural Land to Urban Uses	p. 129
Conclusion	p. 131
Notes	p. 132
References	p. 133
Ongoing Land Reform Programs, Their Mechanisms, Achievements, and Limitations
Land Redistribution in Zimbabwe	p. 137
Land Redistribution under the Colonial State	p. 138
Early Attempts to Redistribute Land, 1980-99	p. 141
The Fast Track Land Redistribution Program, 2000-05	p. 151
Conclusion	p. 164
Note	p. 164
References	p. 165
Land Redistribution in South Africa	p. 169
Land Reform since the End of Apartheid	p. 169
Key Emerging Policy Issues in South Africa's Land Reform	p. 179
The Future of Land Reform in South Africa	p. 186
Conclusion	p. 195
Notes	p. 196
References	p. 197
Land Reform in South Africa: Additional Data and Comments	p. 201
Alarming Trends in Rural Income and Agricultural Employment	p. 201
Exploiting Multiple Sources of Livelihood and Periurban Farming	p. 203
Economies of Scale in South African Agriculture	p. 203
Land Reform Opportunities in Arid and Semiarid Areas	p. 204
Negotiated Transfers versus Expropriation	p. 205
Underused Flexibility in the Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development Program	p. 206
Sales of Parcels by Developers	p. 207
Inadequate Decentralization and Community Empowerment	p. 208
Large-Scale Farmers' Opposition to Land Reform	p. 209
Land Reform Funding	p. 210
Recommendations	p. 210
Notes	p. 213
References	p. 214
Land Redistribution in the Philippines	p. 215
Key Features of CARP	p. 217
CARP Implementation Dynamics	p. 223
Land Reform Achievements and Their Interpretations	p. 229
Conclusion	p. 235
Annex	p. 237
Notes	p. 238
References	p. 239
Learning from Old and New Approaches to Land Reform in India	p. 241
First-Generation Reforms to Land Policy and Law	p. 242
Women's Land Rights: Overcoming Past Inequities and Leading New Approaches	p. 250
New Approaches	p. 253
Lessons Learned	p. 257
Annex	p. 260
Notes	p. 260
References	p. 262
The Wide Array of Objectives, Mechanisms, and Tools for Land Redistribution that Remain the Focus of Heated Debate
Expropriating Land in Brazil	p. 267
Land Reform in the 1950s and the Years of the Military Cycle	p. 268
Brazil's Legal Structure for Implementing Land Reform	p. 270
The Second Moment of Land Reform: 1995 Onward	p. 274
Current Challenges and Dilemmas	p. 284
Conclusion	p. 286
Notes	p. 287
References	p. 288
Negotiated Agrarian Reform in Brazil	p. 291
Agrarian Reform in Brazil	p. 292
Evolution of Negotiated Agrarian Reform	p. 295
Main Results of Negotiated Agrarian Reform Evaluations	p. 299
Challenges to the Permanence of Negotiated Agrarian Reform	p. 305
Conclusion	p. 307
Notes	p. 308
References	p. 308
Agricultural Land Tax, Land-Use Intensification, Local Development, and Land Market Reform	p. 311
Theory of Land Taxation	p. 312
Land Taxation in Practice	p. 317
Conclusion	p. 331
Notes	p. 332
References	p. 332
How to Develop, Implement, and Monitor an Effective National Program of Land Redistribution
Designing and Implementing Redistributive Land Reform: The Southern African Experience	p. 337
Setting the Agenda: Objectives, Trajectories, and Strategies	p. 338
Land Reform Policy: Principles and Management	p. 349
Legal Frameworks for Implementing Land Reform Policy	p. 360
Conclusion	p. 365
Notes	p. 365
References	p. 366
Pilot-Testing a Land Redistribution Program in Malawi	p. 367
The Land Situation in Malawi	p. 368
The Community-Based Rural Land Development Project	p. 374
Project Achievements and Impact	p. 384
Conclusion	p. 392
Notes	p. 394
References	p. 394
Monitoring and Evaluation of Land Policies and Land Reform	p. 397
Tenure Security	p. 398
Land Access and Land Reform	p. 407
Key Considerations for the Design of Monitoring and Evaluation Processes	p. 421
Conclusions	p. 433
Notes	p. 433
References	p. 434
Index	p. 441
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Agricultural Land Redistribution : Towards Greater Consensus on the How

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