What a Little Land Can Do

From Tina Rosenberg / New York Times: In many parts of the world, not owning one’s own land is more directly correlated to poverty than other factors such as illiteracy, but land reform is controversial, difficult, and expensive. A new program called Landesa is having success in India through a non-confiscatory model that gives families tennis-court size plots.

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November 21, 2012

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