India : Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction
In India, land continues to be of enormous economic, social, and symbolic relevance. The way in which land can be accessed and its ownership documented is at the core of the livelihood of the large majority of the poor, especially in rural and trib...
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okr-10986-157912021-04-23T14:03:22Z India : Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction World Bank ACCESS TO LAND AGRICULTURAL AREAS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURE CITIES CULTIVATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOREST LAND IMPROVED LAND INCOME INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE LAND ACQUISITION LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND LEASING LAND MANAGEMENT LAND MARKETS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PARCELS LAND PRICES LAND RECORDS LAND REFORM LAND REFORMS LAND REGISTRATION LAND RENTAL LAND RIGHTS LAND SALES LAND TAXATION LAND TAXES LAND TENURE LAND TRANSFERS LAND USE LAND USE PATTERNS LAND USE REGULATIONS LAND VALUES LANDLESSNESS LANDOWNERS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL LEVEL LOCAL OFFICIALS MARGINAL LANDS MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS POLITICAL INTERFERENCE POVERTY REDUCTION PROVINCES PUBLIC PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR CAPACITY PUBLIC SECTORS PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES REAL PROPERTY REVENUE COLLECTION SETTLEMENTS SITES SOILS SPATIAL PLANNING STATE OWNERSHIP URBAN AREAS URBAN ENVIRONMENTS URBAN LAND URBANIZATION In India, land continues to be of enormous economic, social, and symbolic relevance. The way in which land can be accessed and its ownership documented is at the core of the livelihood of the large majority of the poor, especially in rural and tribal areas and determines the extent to which increasingly scarce natural resources are managed. Land policies and administration are critical determinants of the transaction cost associated with modalities to access land for productive, residential, and business use and, through the ease of using land as collateral for credit, the development of the financial sector. Land is also a major source of government revenue and a key element for implementing government programs. This implies that land policies and institutions will have a far-reaching impact on the ability to sustain India's current high rate of growth, the extent to which such growth reaches the poor, and the level and spatial distribution of economic activity. At the same time, the policies put in place by different states and the institutions tasked to implement them often fail to live up to the importance of the issue. In fact, land administration institutions seem to impose high costs without generating commensurate benefits and are generally perceived as corrupt, mismanaged, and lacking transparency. With land reform policies having largely run their course, and growing evidence that restricting land rental may do little to help the poor, many observers have lost confidence in the ability of land institutions to contribute to the welfare of the poor or the potential for improving the performance of land administration. In this chapter the author first show that land administration in India does indeed have shortcomings but also use data from India to show that addressing the shortcomings of the land administration system is necessary. The report then highlights some of the recent success stories to argue that doing so is entirely feasible but only if, in addition to focusing on technical aspects, a number of policy issues are addressed as well. 2013-09-24T19:19:04Z 2013-09-24T19:19:04Z 2007 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/18064723/india-land-policies-growth-poverty-reduction 978-0-19-568959-4 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15791 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank New Delhi: Oxford University Press Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication South Asia India |
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In India, land continues to be of
enormous economic, social, and symbolic relevance. The way
in which land can be accessed and its ownership documented
is at the core of the livelihood of the large majority of
the poor, especially in rural and tribal areas and
determines the extent to which increasingly scarce natural
resources are managed. Land policies and administration are
critical determinants of the transaction cost associated
with modalities to access land for productive, residential,
and business use and, through the ease of using land as
collateral for credit, the development of the financial
sector. Land is also a major source of government revenue
and a key element for implementing government programs. This
implies that land policies and institutions will have a
far-reaching impact on the ability to sustain India's
current high rate of growth, the extent to which such growth
reaches the poor, and the level and spatial distribution of
economic activity. At the same time, the policies put in
place by different states and the institutions tasked to
implement them often fail to live up to the importance of
the issue. In fact, land administration institutions seem to
impose high costs without generating commensurate benefits
and are generally perceived as corrupt, mismanaged, and
lacking transparency. With land reform policies having
largely run their course, and growing evidence that
restricting land rental may do little to help the poor, many
observers have lost confidence in the ability of land
institutions to contribute to the welfare of the poor or the
potential for improving the performance of land
administration. In this chapter the author first show that
land administration in India does indeed have shortcomings
but also use data from India to show that addressing the
shortcomings of the land administration system is necessary.
The report then highlights some of the recent success
stories to argue that doing so is entirely feasible but only
if, in addition to focusing on technical aspects, a number
of policy issues are addressed as well. |
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India : Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction |
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India : Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction |
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India : Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction |
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India : Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction |
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India : Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction |
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india : land policies for growth and poverty reduction |
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New Delhi: Oxford University Press |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/18064723/india-land-policies-growth-poverty-reduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15791 |
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