Can There Be Growth with Equity? An Initial Assessment of Land Reform in South Africa

The authors use evidence from a survey of about 1200 beneficiaries of South African land reform to assess the performance of the initial phase of the land reform program. They find that the program has not lived up to the quantitative goals set, but did successfully target the poor. It has led to a...

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Main Authors:	Deininger, Klaus, May, Julian
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	accountability accounting agricultural land agricultural production agriculture assets climatic conditions common property comparative advantage crops economic growth economics employment evictions exchange rate expenditures farmers farms gender households houses housing housing units income income distribution income inequality incomes land prices land reform land sales land tenure laws legislation livelihoods local government local government structure market entry marketing monopolies natural resources NGOs nutrition pensions points policy environment population growth poverty line present value private sector productivity profitability property rights public goods roads Rural Development savings secure property rights tenants wages Land reform Nongovernmental organizations Productivity Empowerment Redistribution Rural population Beneficiary participation Decentralization Property rights Land tenure Private sector participation
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21329

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Can There Be Growth with Equity? An Initial Assessment of Land Reform in South Africa

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