One Billion Rising. Law, Land and the Alleviation of Global Poverty

• Main Author: Hanstad, Tim (auth)
• Other Authors: Mitchell, Robert (auth), L. Prosterman, Roy (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Leiden University Press 2009
• Series: Law, Governance, and Development
• Subjects: Law & society; law; land tenure; sociology; China; India; Land law; Land reform; Legal aid
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Most of the world's estimated 1.4 billion poorest people are still rural. Yet the majority lack ownership (or any secure rights) to the land that is their principal source of livelihood. Although land law and related reforms have transformed the lives of millions of families by providing secure...