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Land Reform in Latin America The Dominican Case

By Carrie A. Meyer

ISBN: 0-275-93202-8

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-93202-2

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142 pages, appendix, figures,

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 6/1/1989

List Price: $86.95 (UK Sterling Price: £49.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Description: Although land reform in Latin America has long been heralded by scholars and development economists, as well as by revolutionaries, as the essential ingredient for economic growth, the results of actual land reform projects have been largely disappointing. This book attempts to identify the reasons for these results by analyzing some of the microeconomic factors underlying the inadequate performance of reform sector agriculture. Basing her analysis on a detailed case study of agrarian reform in the Dominican Republic, Meyer deals specifically with the organizational structure of the reform project itself, evaluating the relative efficiency of associative, individual, and collective organizational structures. Meyer begins by providing both a comprehensive survey of the issues surrounding agrarian reform projects in Latin America and an introduction to the history, land settlement patterns, and agriculture of the Dominican Republic. The following chapters detail the history and institutional structure of agrarian reform in the Dominican Republic, review the literature relevant to the study of reform sector projects, and offer case studies of particular reform projects. The author then develops original microeconomic models to explore the implications of the individual, collective, and associative organizational structures. Taken as a whole, Meyer's study provides both theoretical and empirical evidence to support the superior efficiency of the associative organizational structure over either the individual or collective farming approach in the Dominican Republic.

Table of Contents:

Introduction and Overview
The Development and Organization of Land Reform in Latin America
The Dominican Republic as a Case Study
Agrarian Reform in the Dominican Republic
Incentives, Organizations, and Agricultural Contracts: The Issues
A Hierarchy Model of Associative Farming
An Evaluation of the Associative Reform Projects in the Dominican Republic
Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 88-39661

LCC Class: HD1333

Dewey Class: 333.3


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