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One billion rising : law, land and the alleviation of global poverty / edited by Roy L. Prosterman, Robert Mitchell and Tim Hanstad ; with a preface by Joseph E. Stiglitz. - [Leiden] : Leiden University Press, ©2009. - 1 online resource (454 pages). - Law, governance, and development. Research . - Law, governance, and development. Research. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-434) and index.

Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Poverty, law and land tenure reform; 2. Tenancy reform; 3. Redistributing land to agricultural laborers; 4. Micro-plots for the rural poor; 5. Gender and land tenure reform; 6. Land tenure reform in India; 7. From collective to household tenure: China and elsewhere; 8. Formalization of rights to land; 9. Land rights legal aid; 10. Concluding reflections; Select bibliography; List of Contributors; Index.

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Overview of means to fight global poverty through land tennure reform.


English.

ISBN: 9789048508334 (electronic bk.) 9048508339 (electronic bk.) 9789087280642 (Cloth) 9087280645 (Cloth)

Standard No.: 595046 9789048508334 10.24415/9789087280642 doi

Source: 240189 MIL

LCCN: 2009521674

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Land reform--Law and legislation--Developing countries.
Land reform--Developing countries.
Poverty--Developing countries.
Jurisprudence and general issues.
Law and society.
Law.
LAW--Real Estate.
Land reform.
Land reform--Law and legislation.
Poverty.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Developing countries.

Subjects--Index Terms: law. land tenure. sociology.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: K3871.3 / .O54 2009eb

Dewey Class. No.: 346.04/32