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Equity and Productivity Issues in Modern Agrarian Reform Legislation

In: Economic Problems of Agriculture in Industrial Societies

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  • Vernon W. Ruttan

    (The International Rice Research Institute)

Abstract

Understanding of the economic implications of land tenure systems rests on a dual foundation. First, there is a set of historical generalizations about the consequences of alternative tenure arrangements for economic growth. There is also a set of logical deductions about the effect of alternative tenure arrangements on resource allocation and output levels derived from the neo-classical theory of the firm. Among Western economists, economic history and economic logic have combined to produce a remarkable unity in doctrine to the effect that an agricultural sector organized on an owner-operator pattern (a) achieves a more efficient allocation of resources and (b) makes a greater contribution to national economic growth than under alternative systems.

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  • Vernon W. Ruttan, 1969. "Equity and Productivity Issues in Modern Agrarian Reform Legislation," International Economic Association Series, in: Ugo Papi & Charles Nunn (ed.), Economic Problems of Agriculture in Industrial Societies, chapter 0, pages 581-605, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-08476-0_27
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-08476-0_27
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    1. M. Ghaffar Chaudhry & Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhry, 1997. "Pakistan’s Agricultural Development since Independence: Intertemporal Trends and Explanations," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 36(4), pages 593-612.
    2. Ruttan, Vernon W., 2006. "Social science knowledge and induced institutional innovation: an institutional design perspective," Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 2(3), pages 249-272, December.
    3. Ruttan, Vernon W., 2002. "Social Science Knowledge And Institutional Innovation," Staff Papers 13628, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics.
    4. Groenewald, Jan A., 2003. "Conditions For Successful Land Reform In Africa," Conference Papers 28068, University of the Free State, Department of Agricultural Economics.
    5. Fekete, Ferenc & Fenyes, Tamas I. & Groenewald, Jan A., 1992. "Problems of Agricultural Restructuring in South Africa: Lessons from the Hungarian Experience," 1992 Occasional Paper Series No. 6 197880, International Association of Agricultural Economists.

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