A study published in the Economic and Political Weekly on the benefits of amply-sized homestead and garden plots, based on experiments in several countries, and replicated successfully in the southern state of Karnataka in India.
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A study published in the Economic and Political Weekly on the benefits of amply-sized homestead and garden plots, based on experiments in several countries, and replicated successfully in the southern state of Karnataka in India.
A study by the The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and Landesa’s partner in India, the Rural Development Institute, to examine the effectiveness of laws in the state of Karnataka in empowering women with property titles in their names.
This report by staff from Landesa (then called the Rural Development Institute) discusses land reform and efforts to support the development of land markets in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
2008 Description of a Landesa program in China funded by a $198,000 grant …
A presentation by Landesa staff about a nationwide survey of farming families in China, in which the researchers describe issues relating to documenting land rights, investments in land, an emerging land market, compulsory land takings, and corporate leasing and farming, and offer recommendations.
2010 This paper by staff from Landesa (then called the Rural Development Institute) …
2010 This paper by staff from Landesa (then called the Rural Development Institute) …
2010 This study by staff from Landesa (then called the Rural Development Institute) …
An overview by Landesa (then called the Rural Development Institute) of the Indonesian development process, current major issues, and a review of the U.S. aid program.
A report-card evaluation by Landesa (then called the Rural Development Institute) of U.S. foreign economic aid programs — the authors’ 13th report card measuring the effectiveness of such programs in reaching the poor and promoting equitable growth in recipient countries.