Publisher's Synopsis
This book documents the importance of local organization as a key factor influencing agrarian reform policy outputs. Through analysis of data gathered through three in-depth ommunity level studies of Dominican agrarian reform settlements, this book reveals the link between organization, investment decisions, agricultural productivity and economic development. Contents: include: Land Reform, Agrarian Reform, and the Role of Beneficiary Organization; Land Reform Policy and the Political Economy of the Dominican Republic; Beneficiary Organization and ProductivityóThe Experience in Three Dominican Asentamientos; The Asentamiento Sergio Abigail Cabrera; The Asentamiento Rio Limpio; The Asentamiento Puesto Grande; Conclusion: Organization, Production and Agrarian Reform Policy; and The Escape Strategy: Implications for Government Policy.
