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Agriculture, Poverty and Reform in Iran (RLE Iran D)

By Mohammad Amad Copyright 1990
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

As in many developing countries, the prospects for land reform in Iran seemed promising. It was expected to improve rural poverty and stimulate agricultural development by replacing the traditional landlord-peasant system with more peasant-biased, modern farming. This book assesses the economic consequences of land reform, focusing particularly on its effect on the living standards of the rural... Read more

1. Introduction. 2 Agricultural backwardness in theory. 3 Pre-reform Iranian village. 4 Theoretical analysis of land reform. 5 An analysis of the Iranian land reform programme. 6 The agrarian system after the land reform. 7 Economic consequences of the land reform. 8 Rural poverty and inequality after the reform.

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