The establishment of a formal land tenure system in Timor-Leste has been one of the most daunting and enduring challenges for the country since its independence. The nation's history of colonialism, occupation and conflict has resulted in a complex environment of conflicting land claims to which...

For decades, policymakers and development practitioners have debated benefits and threats of property rights formalization and private versus customary tenure systems. This paper provides insights into the challenges in understanding and empirically analyzing the relationship between tenure...

1. Introduction -- 2. Economic Development, Sustainable Development and Agriculture -- 3. Sustainability of Agricultural Systems -- 4. Challenges of Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Countries -- 5. Challenges of Sustainable Agricultural Development in High-Income Countries -- 6. Pathways to...

1. Prolegomenon -- 2. Agricultural Development Mode: Relevant Theoretical Research at Home and Abroad -- 3. The Transformation of China’s Agricultural Development with Multiple Goals under Resource and Environmental Constraints -- 4. The Transformation of the Utilization Mode of Elements and...

The object of this essay is to describe and analyse contractual relations in two villages in North-east Bihar at a time when the so-called ‘green revolution' promised much and the region had just started to benefit from canal irrigation. It is against this historical background that I will...

Governing land tenure and particularly ownership rights to land in post-socialist Russia is a long-term process that involves changes in norms, rules and administrative procedures. We analyse the land privatization reform in the context of evolving institutional limitations caused by the...