Abstract The paper analyzes the effects of land reform on social development –poverty and land distribution- at the local level. Land reform in Colombia, understood as the allocation of public land to peasant, has granted 23 million hectares which comprises around 20% of Colombian territory...

Abstract This paper analyses land reform policy in Colombia since the early twentieth century to 2012, characterized by allocation of public land to peasants. We seek to show the magnitude and importance of this constant public policy and shows its dynamic at national and regional level, in...