India : Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction

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dc.creatorWorld Bank
dc.date2013-09-24T19:19:04Z
dc.date2013-09-24T19:19:04Z
dc.date2007
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:15:38Z
dc.descriptionIn 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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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/18064723/india-land-policies-growth-poverty-reduction
dc.identifier978-0-19-568959-4
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/15791
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/978-0-19-568959-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/416520
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherNew Delhi: Oxford University Press
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACCESS TO LAND
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL AREAS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LAND
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectCITIES
dc.subjectCULTIVATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectFOREST LAND
dc.subjectIMPROVED LAND
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectINSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE
dc.subjectLAND ACQUISITION
dc.subjectLAND ADMINISTRATION
dc.subjectLAND LEASING
dc.subjectLAND MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectLAND MARKETS
dc.subjectLAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectLAND PARCELS
dc.subjectLAND PRICES
dc.subjectLAND RECORDS
dc.subjectLAND REFORM
dc.subjectLAND REFORMS
dc.subjectLAND REGISTRATION
dc.subjectLAND RENTAL
dc.subjectLAND RIGHTS
dc.subjectLAND SALES
dc.subjectLAND TAXATION
dc.subjectLAND TAXES
dc.subjectLAND TENURE
dc.subjectLAND TRANSFERS
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLAND USE PATTERNS
dc.subjectLAND USE REGULATIONS
dc.subjectLAND VALUES
dc.subjectLANDLESSNESS
dc.subjectLANDOWNERS
dc.subjectLOCAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subjectLOCAL LEVEL
dc.subjectLOCAL OFFICIALS
dc.subjectMARGINAL LANDS
dc.subjectMUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL INTERFERENCE
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPROVINCES
dc.subjectPUBLIC
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR CAPACITY
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTORS
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICE
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectREAL PROPERTY
dc.subjectREVENUE COLLECTION
dc.subjectSETTLEMENTS
dc.subjectSITES
dc.subjectSOILS
dc.subjectSPATIAL PLANNING
dc.subjectSTATE OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN ENVIRONMENTS
dc.subjectURBAN LAND
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.titleIndia : Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction

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