A.I.D. Spring Review of Land Reform: Background papersAgency for International Development, Department of State, 1970 |
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agrarian reform agricultural development Agricultural Economics agricultural production agricultural sector aid agencies AIDTO airgram alternative analysis basic Bolivia capital Chile Colombia colonization commodities cooperative farms costs crop CRUZEIROS economic development economists Ecuador effective efficiency emphasis employment example factors family farm feudal funds GERAN growth Guatemala improved increased production India industrial inputs institutional Inter-American Development Bank investment labor Land Economics land redistribution land reform program Land Tenure Center large farms latifundia Latin America LDCs loan LTC recommendations ment million minifundia Mission feels modern nomic organization output per acre ownership paper Paraguay parcelization percent policy issues political population problems projects questions relationship result REVIEW OF LAND rural areas rural poverty scale small farmers social SPRING REVIEW structure studies Taiwan technical assistance tenant tion tural U.S. assistance UNCLASSIFIED United University of Wisconsin urban USAID variable capital
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Page 11 - ... most of the developing countries, the large proportion in agriculture, and the continuing growth of absolute numbers dependent upon agriculture [9], it is surprising to see how little analytical attention has been given to the need for creating employment and improved income-earning opportunities in rural areas. There is a vague hope that programs designed to increase production will result in agricultural development irrespective of the short-run employment and distributional consequences of...