The Political Economy of Rural Poverty: The Case for Land Reform

by M. Riad El-Ghonemy

With the use of wide-ranging case studies the author clearly illustrates the impact of schemes intended to re-allocate land in developing countries. Concluding that land reform can play a major part in stimulating rural economies this book explores the extent to which such policies can successfully reduce poverty and increase agricultural growth.

360 pages, Hardcover

First published September 25, 1990