This paper presents a summary of main results of evaluation studies of performance of Ceacute;dula da Terra (MAAR) and INCRA (TAR) Agrarian Reform Projects. Moreover, it focus on the comparison between the two governance structures regarding Williamson discussion on quot;remediablenessquot;. The...

We examine land reform policies and their implications for violent conflict over land and resource use in the Brazilian Amazon. We identify the protagonists (land owners and squatters), derive their incentives to use violence, and show the role of legal inconsistencies as a basis for conflict....