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Rural Women & Agricultural Land Conversions in China

China’s unprecedented economic growth and rapid urbanization have created a massive demand for ...

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May 03, 2011

How Does an Extra Line on a Piece of Paper Help Change the World?

Last year, the government of West Bengal and Landesa’s partner in India, RDI, ...

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April 04, 2011

New Laws in China Could Protect Individual Land Rights

While Landesa’s recent 17-province survey of farmers found a worrying upswing in farmland ...

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March 22, 2011

Top 6 Myths About Land Acquisitions

In my last post, I wrote about the risks and benefits of large-scale ...

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March 14, 2011

Landlessness is Not Forever

After more than a decade meeting with government officials and families in rural ...

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March 09, 2011