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Access to Land: Land Reform and Security of Tenure

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Around the world, the poorest of the poor are the landless in rural areas,

followed closely by the land-poor, those whose poor quality plots are too



small to support a family. They make up the majority of the rural poor and



hungry, and it is in rural areas where the worst poverty and hunger are



found. …



The World Bank is taking the lead in promoting, and in some cases financing,



comprehensive reforms of land tenure, including titling, cadasters and land



registries, land market facilitation, market-assisted or negotiated



redistributive reforms, and credit, technical assistance and marketing



support …



While we applaud the fact that it is no longer taboo to propose land reform



as a key element in sustainable development …, we have



serious concerns about specific elements in the dominant reform packages



being implemented today. We fear that reliance on land privatization and



market forces may undercut the potential of land redistribution to contribute



to poverty reduction and ecological sustainability .”

(Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy)

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