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Last week I made my sixth trip to the village of Lugan, 80 miles east of the capital of Anhui

She was one of at least 40 landless women who demanded to meet with us that day.  They had heard

China’s unprecedented economic growth and rapid urbanization have created a massive demand for arable land to be converted to real

Last year, the government of West Bengal and Landesa’s partner in India, RDI, started a revolution in that Indian state

I was recently reminded of the importance, and the potency, of locally legitimate law reform (law reform which is based

While Landesa’s recent 17-province survey of farmers found a worrying upswing in farmland loss across much of China, there is

After more than a decade meeting with government officials and families in rural areas of the developing world, I have

2002 This report summarizes findings on women’s access to land ownership in West Bengal, India based on three rounds of

2009 This study was undertaken by the Rural Development Institute for the World Justice Project. The study reviews the formal

2002 An analysis of women’s land rights in Karnataka, India based on a 400 household survey and rapid rural appraisal