Toward an alternative land reform paradigm : a Philippine perspective /
Hayami Yujiro, Ma. Agnes R. Quisumbing, and Lourdes S. Adriano
- Manila, Philippines : Ateneo De Manila University Press, c1990
- xiv, 209 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1. promoting equity with efficiency -- Chapter 2. agrarian structure and agrarian unrest -- Chapter 3. past programs and accomplishments -- Chapter 4. rumblings in paddies -- Chapter 5. debunking myths in coconut and sugar sectors -- Chapter 6. land reform in agribusiness plantation? -- Chapter 7. an alternative land reform design: problems and prospects.
When most developing countries attained independence after world war II, one of their aims was to reduce poverty and inequality in the dominant rural sector to secure the social and poltical stability which would be the basis for sustained economic progress.