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Title 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
Published [Leiden] : Leiden University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (454 pages)
Series Law, governance, and development. Research
Law, governance, and development. Research.
Contents 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
Summary Overview of means to fight global poverty through land tennure reform
Analysis law
land tenure
sociology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-434) and index
Notes English
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Subject 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
Developing countries
Form Electronic book
Author Prosterman, Roy L.
Mitchell, Robert G.
Hanstad, Timothy M.
ISBN 9789048508334
9048508339
9789087280642
9087280645