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  Economic reforms and development strategy in Gujarat

  Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2002

  The Gujarat state government has followed a strategy focussed on industrialisation and urbanisation with an open door policy ever since its inception in 1960. Economic reform measures at the centre with an explicit emphasis on trade and industry considerably benefited Gujarat, making its economic performance outstanding.
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  Local institutions and rehabilitation of common lands in the Aravalli hills, Haryana

  Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2003

  Legislation was passed in India in 1992 imparting constitutional status on Panchayati Raj (village-level local government) institutions.
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  Society and the uncivil state: land tenure reform in Egypt and the crisis of rural livelihoods

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2004

  This paper examines the impact of recent changes in the relationship between landowners and tenants in Egypt.
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  Land tenure and rural development

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2002

  The purpose of this guide is to provide support to those who are assessing and designing appropriate responses to food insecurity and rural development situations. This guide aims to show where and why land tenure is an important issue in food security and sustainable rural livelihoods.
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  India’s national agricultural policy: a critique

  Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2004

  The National Agricultural Policy (NAP) document released by the Government of Indian in 2000 aimed to attain an agricultural output growth rate in excess of 4 percent per annum, based on efficient use of resources, and sought to achieve this growth in a sustainable and equitable manner.This paper argues that (by 2004) no serious action had been initiated on most of the NAP’s proposals, and blam
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  At the crossroads: participatory forest management in Karnataka

  Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Environment and Development, Bangalore, 2003

  This article attempts to assess whether the promises of the Joint Forest Planning and Management (JFPM) programme initiated in the Indian state of Karnataka in 1993 have materialised in terms of villagers managing their common lands sustainably, equitably and autonomously.
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  NGOS: fighting poverty, hurting the poor

  Foreign Policy [Journal], 2004

  In this short, polemical article, the author argues that NGO advocacy groups are acting against the interests of the poor and of international development through unreasonable criticism of the World Bank and similar agencies. The author argues that, in a typical situation, the Bank designs a reasonable project, which inevitably has flaws.
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  Blood and soil: land, politics and conflict prevention in Zimbabwe and South Africa

  International Crisis Group, 2004

  This report offers a detailed analysis of the different challenges of land reform in both Zimbabwe and South Africa. The report looks at the history of land ownership and policy in both countries.For Zimbabwe, it offers practical policy suggestions for ways forward by identifying the contours of a post-Mugabe land approach.
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  Rural poverty, property rights and environmental resource management in Kenya

  International Centre for Theoretical Physics - Ecological and Environmental Economics Programme, 2004

  This study investigates the relationship between rural poverty, property rights, and environmental resource management in a semi-arid region of Kenya using analysis of survey data. It argues that reduced environmental degradation will increase agricultural productivity, and which will then translate into lower levels of poverty as incomes and consumption expenditures rise.
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  Rural-urban linkages in sub-Saharan Africa: contemporary debates and implications for Kenyan urban workers in the 21st century

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004

  This CMI working paper provides an overview of rural-urban linkages in sub-Saharan Africa outlining the major strands of contemporary academic debates on this issue. There author identifies two interrelated debates for discussion.

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