The Great Curse (inbunden)
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Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
504
Utgivningsdatum
2025-04-24
Förlag
OUP USA
Dimensioner
93 x 61 x 13 mm
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1830 g
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1
ISBN
9780197782675

The Great Curse

Land Concentration in History and in Development

av Albert Berry
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2025-04-24
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In The Great Curse, Albert Berry reviews the main episodes of agrarian reform undertaken in the twentieth century to remedy land concentration, including those of major communist and capitalist countries. Berry makes the case that, at its best, agrarian reform has resulted in enormous benefits, from the lowering of income inequality and social depravation to a rise in total agricultural output and faster overall growth. Despite the benefits, he finds that most reforms fell short of their desired outcomes due to conflict and partial or ineffective implementation. Overall, The Great Curse provides an understanding of how landholding inequality arises, of its implications for development in the short and long term, and of what policies have the potential to fix it.
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Albert Berry is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on agriculture, labor markets, and income distribution in developing countries, with special attention to Latin America and Colombia. His recent work examines the economics of climate change and the long-term implications of land concentration. He has previously worked at the Ford Foundation, the Planning Commission of Colombia, the World Bank, as well as other policy institutions.

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Glossary Introduction Section I: The History and Microeconomics of Land Concentration Chapter 1. Land Concentration: Historical Origins, Socio-Economic Effects, Political Logic, and Surrounding Narratives Chapter 2. Land Concentration in Early Modern European Development and Its Intellectual Legacy Chapter 3. Economics and the Welfare Impacts of Farm Size and Tenure Section II: The Mixed Record of Twentieth Century Attempts at Land Reform Chapter 4. Assessing the Success of Land Reforms Chapter 5. Land Reform under Communist Regimes Chapter 6. Land reform under Capitalist Regimes in 20th Century Latin America: Varying Degrees of Failure Chapter 7. Twentieth Century Land Reforms in the East Asian Tigers, India, the Middle East and the Philippines: Varying Degrees of Success Section III. Implications of Past Global History for the Future in Sub-Saharan Africa and Elsewhere Chapter 8. The Last Battleground for Rural Land Issues: Sub-Saharan Africa Chapter 9. Agrarian Reform in World History: Success and Failure Bibliography Index

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