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Land reforms, poverty reduction, and economic growth : evidence from India

Author:	Deininger, Klaus; Jin, Songqing; Nagarajan, Hari K.;	Collection Title:	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4448
Country:	India;	Date Stored:	2007/12/17
Document Date:	2007/12/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	South Asia
Report Number:	WPS4448	SubTopics:	Political Economy; Rural Poverty Reduction; Municipal Housing and Land; Rural Development Knowledge & Information Systems; Rural Land Policies for Poverty Reduction
Volume No:	1 of 1

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.


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