Land and Poverty Alleviation

The book ‘Land and Poverty Alleviation’ is the first comprehensive volume to remove poverty through implementation of all constituents of land reforms globally. Access to ownership of land and security of tenure can save the landless and the land poor from starvation or hunger. Implementation of land reforms doesn’t involve huge funds but requisite political and administrative will is required to implement measures of land reforms to reduce poverty. If land reforms are not implemented, the stark discrimination in society will cause the land poor in rural areas and the homeless in urban areas to mobilise and overrun the creations of globalisation and symbols of modern civilisation. This book is not only a theoretical work on land vis-a-vis poverty, it also provides practical solutions and methodologies based on the best practices around the world in respect of each factor of land reform. It will be an epoch-making book for serious readers, practical administrators, policy-makers, peasants, sharecroppers and their leaders.

Contents: 1. Land defined. 2. Land and conflict. 3. Forms of utilization of land. 4. Poverty revisited. 5. Concentration of land poverty. 6. Security of title through maintenance and updation of land records. 7. Land distribution as a tool of poverty reduction. 8. Recording of sharecroppers on land. 9. Role of self governance units and peasants organization. 10. Legal empowerment and legal aid. 11. Developmental support to the implementation of land reforms. 12. Strengthening land administration system. 13. Concrete approach towards land reforms. 14. Epilogue.