Land Reform

Land reform (also agrarian reform, though that can have a broader meaning) involves the changing of laws, regulations or customs regarding land ownership. Land reform may consist of a government-initiated or government-backed property redistribution, generally of agricultural land. Land reform can, therefore, refer to transfer of ownership from the more powerful to the less powerful, such as from a relatively small number of wealthy (or noble) owners with extensive land holdings (e.g., plantations, large ranches, or agribusiness plots) to individual ownership by those who work the land. Such transfers of ownership may be with or without compensation; compensation may vary …

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IHRP: International Human Rights Program, University of Toronto · 10 April 2024 English

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Agricultural Policy Research Networks · 7 March 2024 English

Muñoz-Mora, Tobón and d’Anjou (2018) used a mixed-methods approach to analyse the impact of armed conflict on rural areas and the potential for rural development in the post-conflict scenario in …

the history, implementation and outcomes of land reform policies in South Africa. The author traced the the origins and evolution of land reform policies since the end of apartheid and assessed their impact participation in rural areas. He found that land reform has failed to achieve its objectives of redistributing constraints and contradictions. He argued that land reform should be reoriented towards a more radical and challenges in South Africa: A critical analysis of land reform. Development Southern Africa, 38(1), 1-16. Inglehart


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 22 February 2024 English

This report outlines and compares various policy measures that Costa Rica, Gabon, Indonesia, Peru, and Rwanda have put in place to address deforestation.

recognition of customary land rights, implementation of land- titling programs, and protection of communal or collective lands Reforming land tenure systems should also include measures for enhanced tenure governance, enforceability, and effective


Action Canada · 12 February 2024 English

Adapting the commons trust model to urban transportation infrastructure, the report recommends entrenching the consideration of the need to sustain and regenerate natural resources in the decisional process. [...] Legally, …

..................11 Community Level: Using Land Reform to Return Cities to the People ............. become more accessible. Electric vehicles do not land reform that would enable residents to meet their offer and promote urban infill and mixed-use zoning. Using Land Reform to Return Cities to Recommendation 3: Require GEARS | ACTION CANADA Community level Using land reform to return cities to the people “Bad urban planning


Wilson Center Canada · 17 January 2024 English

‘On the Decision to Introduce Martial Law in Poland in 1981’ Two Historians Report to the Commission on Constitutional Oversight of the SEJM of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Paczkowski …

Rubottom's dutiful promotion of accelerated land reform in line with JFK's Alianza para el Progreso,


PMLQ: Parti marxiste-léniniste du Québec · 13 January 2024 English

HTM The world stands with South Africa in this case even though, at the end of the day, the struggles of the peoples of the world will not be resolved …

47-year-old has written books on land law and land reform in South Africa. "Max du Plessis [...] is a barrister


Fraser Institute · 14 December 2023 English

After Estonia ended socialist rule and transitioned back to a market democracy, Estonians enjoyed vast improvements in their incomes, living standards and other key measures of prosperity. After the second …

economic freedoms were progressively curtailed. Land reform The Estonian Declaration of Independence had address the land problem through redistributive land reform. In doing so, they hoped to achieve several Second, political leaders hoped that through land reform they could out-flank the communists who were provisional government enacted the Estonian Land Reform Act on October 10, 1919. On the eve of the reform holdings (Rauch, 1995: 89). While this sort of land reform was common throughout Eastern Europe at this


Fraser Institute · 30 November 2023 English

After the Soviet Union invaded Estonia and imposed socialism, living standards in Estonia plummeted—particularly compared to neighbouring Finland. Estonia and Finland share much in common including geography and natural resources. …

economic freedoms were progressively curtailed. Land reform The Estonian Declaration of Independence had address the land problem through redistributive land reform. In doing so, they hoped to achieve several Second, political leaders hoped that through land reform they could out-flank the communists who were provisional government enacted the Estonian Land Reform Act on October 10, 1919. On the eve of the reform holdings (Rauch, 1995: 89). While this sort of land reform was common throughout Eastern Europe at this


Agricultural Policy Research Networks · 5 November 2023 English

It was recommended that land administration system should clearly state rights related to the use of government lands and allow land transactions such as the sale of rights of occupancy, …

India. No 16. Pp 1-35 Hartvigsen, M. (2015). “Land Reform and Land Consolidation in Central and Eastern


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 13 September 2023 English

This report explores how voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) are being used in trade policy to increase the trade of more sustainable products between developing countries. This can lead to improved …

country. The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform presented draft legislation in 2022 to develop


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