The favourable harvest yields of past years in developing countries have in Europe evoked the rumour of a "green revolution". But the problems with which developing countries are confronted have by no means been solved by the, mainly technological, changes. In view of this development it is now...

Land reform is widely discussed today. Both the underdeveloped countries and the more advanced nations which bid to aid them in their progress have generally recognized that most programs for improving the standard of living in underdeveloped nations ought to include some means of increasing the...

Over two centuries, Colombia transferred vast quantities of land, equivalent to the entire UK landmass, mainly to landless peasants. And yet Colombia retains one of the highest concentrations of land ownership in the world. Why? We show that land reform's effects are highly bimodal. Most of...

Containing ten quality chapters on China's rural reforms and agricultural development, this first volume from the Series on Developing China: Translated Research from China emphasizes the importance of countryside, agriculture and the role of peasants in China's economy.While the Chinese...