Roy L. Prosterman, 89, Dies; Worked to Secure Land for the Rural Poor
Seeing land rights as the key to lifting up the impoverished, he pushed authoritarian governments as well as emerging ...
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Expropriation Act is a ‘tool for justice’, says Land Reform Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso
Our people are hungry for land. Their patience has run out… Our task is to address the need of our people for land, and we ...
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Land Reform Bill will inflict ‘wanton damage’ on rural Scotland
Bill will inflict "an era of wanton damage" on rural Scotland unless the Scottish government accepts that key changes should be made to it, according to Scottish Land & Estates (SLE). The rural busine ...
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Roy Prosterman, who fought poverty through land rights, dies at 89
A law review article piqued his interest in land reform, a term used in legal and policy parlance to describe the transfer of land rights, often from large, wealthy landowners to poorly paid laborers.
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Ramaphosa admits land reform not moving fast enough, wants process hastened
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that land reform was an issue that was 'top of mind' in the seventh administration.
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Indonesia signs agrarian reform commitment amid rising land equity woes
The Indonesian government and civil society groups signed a joint statement on the first day of the Asia Land Forum marking a shared commitment to fast-track agrarian reform aimed at alleviating ...
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Land reform in South Africa doesn’t need a new law: the state should release property it owns – economists
Property rights remain intact in South Africa. Hot on the heels of this furore has been a notice from the minister of land reform and rural development, Mzwanele Nyhontso, that the government is ...