We show that labor market transaction costs explain why the smallest farms are more
efficient than slightly larger farms in most low-income countries and that increases in …

When and why do countries redistribute land to the landless? What political purposes does
land reform serve, and what place does it have in today's world? A longstanding literature …

My intention is to explain how rapid agricultural growth accelerates the economic
transformation to a modern economy and most important why it is the prime instrument for …

This paper revisits the inverse farm size‐productivity relationship in Kenya. The study makes
two contributions. First, the relationship is examined over a much wider range of farm sizes …

Absi, Pascale. 2010.“La parte ideal de la crisis: Los mineros cooperativistas de Bolivia frente
a la recesión.” Cuadernos de Antropología Social 31 (1): 33–54. Achtenberg, Emily …

We assess the effects of a major land policy change on farm size and agricultural
productivity using a quantitative model and micro-level data. We study the 1988 land reform …

Countries everywhere are divided within into two distinct spatial realms: one urban, one
rural. Classic models of development predict faster growth in the urban sector, causing rapid …

Although 97% of US farms are “family-owned,” little research examines how gender and
sexual relationships–inherent in familial dynamics–influence farmers' practices and …

Economics of Agricultural Development examines the causes, severity, and effects of
poverty, population growth, and malnutrition in developing countries. It discusses potential …

Major land reform programs have reallocated property in more than one-third of the world's
countries in the last century and impacted over one billion people. But only rarely have these …