Land Reform, Poverty Reduction and Growth: Evidence from India

Timothy Besley and Robin Burgess

STICERD - Development Economics Papers - From 2008 this series has been superseded by Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers from Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE

Abstract: In recent times there has been a renewed interest in relationships between redistribution, growth and welfare. Land reforms have been central to strategies to improve the asset base of the poor in developing countries though their effectiveness has been hindered by political constraints on implementation. In this paper we use panel data on the sixteen main Indian states from 1958 to 1992 to consider whether the large volume of land reforms as have been legislated have had an appreciable impact on growth and poverty. The evidence presented suggests that land reforms do appear to be associated with poverty reduction.

Keywords: Land reform; political economy; poverty; growth; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998-10
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Journal Article: Land Reform, Poverty Reduction, and Growth: Evidence from India (2000)
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