A host of internationally eminent scholars are brought together here to explore the structural causes of rural poverty and income inequality, as well as the processes of social exclusion and political subordination encountered by the peasantry and rural workers across a wide range of countries.
This volume examines the intersection of politics and economics and provides a critical analysis and framework for the study of neo-liberal land policies in the current phase of globalization. Utilizing new empirical evidence from ten countries, it provides an in-depth analysis of key country studies, a comparative analysis of agrarian reforms and their impact on rural poverty in Africa, Asia, Latin America and transition countries.
Presenting an agrarian reform policy embedded in an appropriate development strategy, which is able to significantly reduce and hopefully eliminate rural poverty, this work is a key resource for postgraduate students studying in the areas of development economics, development studies and international political economy.
Author(s): Akram-Lodhi, Borras, Kay
Series: Routledge ISS Studies in Rural Livelihoods
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 448
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Illustrations......Page 8
Contributors......Page 11
Foreword......Page 14
Preface......Page 18
Abbreviations and acronyms......Page 20
1 Agrarian reform and rural development: Historical overview and current issues......Page 24
2 Bolivia’s unfinished agrarian reform: Rural poverty and development policies......Page 64
3 Agrarian reform and poverty reduction: Lessons from Brazil......Page 103
4 Land, poverty and state–society interaction in the Philippines......Page 142
5 Land markets and rural livelihoods in Vietnam......Page 175
6 Land reform, rural poverty and inequality in Armenia: A pro-poor approach to land policies......Page 211
7 The land system, agriculture and poverty in Uzbekistan......Page 244
8 Mubarak’s legacy for Egypt’s rural poor: Returning land to the landlords......Page 277
9 Land reform in Namibia: Issues of equity and poverty......Page 307
10 Untying the Gordian knot: The question of land reform in Ethiopia......Page 333
11 Land policy, poverty reduction and public action in Zimbabwe......Page 367
12 Neoliberal globalisation, land and poverty: Implications for public action......Page 406
Index......Page 422
