The paradox of land reform, inequality and local development in Colombia
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Keywords
land reform; inequality; development; latifundia; poverty; Colombia;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H27 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Other Sources of Revenue
- N16 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Latin America; Caribbean
- Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2016-07-30 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-DEV-2016-07-30 (Development)
- NEP-GRO-2016-07-30 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-HIS-2016-07-30 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-PBE-2016-07-30 (Public Economics)
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