Land Reforms, Poverty Reduction, and Economic Growth : Evidence from India

Recognition of the importance of institutions that provide security of property rights and relatively equal access to economic resources to a broad cross-section of society has renewed interest in the potential of asset redistribution, including la...

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Main Authors:	Deininger, Klaus, Jin, Songqing, Nagarajan, Hari K.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRARIAN ECONOMY AGRARIAN REFORM AGRARIAN STRUCTURE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION ARABLE LAND AREA ASSET REDISTRIBUTION CENTRAL AMERICA COLLECTIVE ACTION COLONIAL LAND COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COUNTERFACTUAL CULTIVATION DEMOCRACY DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS DISTRIBUTION OF LAND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION ECONOMICS EGALITARIAN DISTRIBUTION EVICTIONS FARM ASSETS FARM OUTPUT FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARM SIZE FARMS GENDER HIGH INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL DATA HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DYNAMICS INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL TRADE IRRIGATED LAND LAND ACQUISITION LAND ASSETS LAND DISTRIBUTION LAND INEQUALITY LAND LEASING LAND MARKETS LAND OWNERS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PRICES LAND QUALITY LAND REDISTRIBUTION LAND REFORM LAND REFORM BENEFICIARIES LAND REFORMS LAND RENTAL LAND RIGHTS LAND TENURE LAND TRANSFERS LAND USE LAND UTILIZATION LANDLESS AGRICULTURAL WORKERS LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS LANDLESSNESS LANDLORDS LANDOWNERS LATIN AMERICAN LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK MACROECONOMICS NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLIGARCHY PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POINTS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT POLITICAL INFLUENCE POLITICAL POWER POOR POOR FARMERS POOR TENANTS POVERTY REDUCTION PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES REDISTRIBUTIVE REFORM RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL CREDIT RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOME RURAL LABOR RURAL POPULATION SOCIAL COSTS SOUTH AMERICA TRANSACTION COSTS URBAN DEVELOPMENT WAR
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/12/8887390/land-reforms-poverty-reduction-economic-growth-evidence-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7531

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Summary:	Recognition of the importance of institutions that provide security of property rights and relatively equal access to economic resources to a broad cross-section of society has renewed interest in the potential of asset redistribution, including land reforms. Empirical analysis of the impact of such policies is, however, scant and often contradictory. This paper uses panel household data from India, together with state-level variation in the implementation of land reform, to address some of the deficiencies of earlier studies. The results suggest that land reform had a significant and positive impact on income growth and accumulation of human and physical capital. The paper draws policy implications, especially from the fact that the observed impact of land reform seems to have declined over time.

Land Reforms, Poverty Reduction, and Economic Growth : Evidence from India

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