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022 _a03031853
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_bEnglish
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050 0 0 _aHD1401 AGR
100 1 _aLyne, Michael
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aTwo decades of land reform in South Africa:
_binsights from an agricultural economics
_ccreated by Michael Lyne
264 1 _aJohannesburg:
_bTaylor and Francis
_c2014
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
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337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
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338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
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440 _aAgricultural Economics Research, Policy and Practice in Southern Africa
_vVolume 53, number 4
520 3 _aThis paper reviews the land reforms anticipated in the mid-1990s when South Africa's first democratically elected government formalised its land policy. It reflects on cash grants as the key instrument adopted by government to effect land redistribution and restitution, and links this instrument and the way it was applied to the poor outcomes achieved for both agriculture and people. Attention then turns to more recent policies aimed at rescuing failed land reform projects and avoiding future failures by assigning a more central and prescriptive role to government agencies. The message to agricultural economists is to discern between rhetoric and policy, and to focus on ‘getting institutions right’ at both a policy and practical level. The paper offers insights into problems and opportunities that warrant close and professional attention.
650 _aLand redistribution
_vRestitution policy
_xCommunal property institutions
856 _uDOI:10.1080/03031853.2014.975413
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