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Land policies for inclusive growth /

Land policies for inclusive growth / edited by T. Haque. - xxiii, 495 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction. I. Redistributive land reforms: old and new approaches: 1. Land reform in the 21st century: new challenges and new respones/Roy L. Prosterman and Tim Hanstad. 2. Land policies for social inclusion in India/T. Haque. 3. Small homegarden plots and sustainable livelihoods for the poor/Robert Mitchell and Tim Hanstad. 4. Access to land: some issues/Srijit Mishra. 5. Structural changes in land distribution and its implication for improving access to land/K.N. Nair and Arindam Banerjee. 6. Land Bank: an institutional mechanism for improving access to land by the rural poor/B.K. Sinha. 7. Land reforms in Uttar Pradesh: a view from the field/Ajit Kumar Singh. II. Tenancy reforms: 8. Agricultural tenancy reform in India: policy practice and impact/T. Haque. 9. Legalising agricutlural land leasing in India: an assessment of possible consequences and some suggestions/Sankar Kumar Bhaumik. 10. Equity and efficiency impacts of land leasing restrictions: evidence in India/Klaus Deininger, Songqing Jin and Hari K. Nagarajan. 11. Changing tenancy relations in rural India: a case for legalizing tenancy/H.R. Sharma. 12. Land leasing poverty and inequality/Naresh K. Sharma. 13. Status and relevance of legalization of land leasing in Bihar/Pyare Lal. 14. Legalising agricultural tenancy: a study in Odisha/Padmaja Mishra. 15. Land leasing by women in Andhra Pradesh: seeking security and reducing risk/Karuna Vakati, Darryl Vhugen and Tim Hanstad. III. Land rights for women and tribal: 16. Empowering landless and voiceless women in rural India/Hina Haque. 17. Tribal customary and formal law interface in North-Eastern India: implications for land relations/Walter Fernandes. IV. Land acquisition and inclusive development: 18. Land acquisition and peasant resistance critique of policy interventions/K.B. Saxena. 19. Land acquisition: compensation and inclusive development/P.V. Indiresan. Index.

Papers presented at a national seminar held at New Delhi during 9-10 November 2010; organized by the Council for Social Development and Rural Development Institute.

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Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office

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Land reform--Government policy--India--Congresses.

HD1333.I4 / L356 2012

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