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New approaches to land for agricultural growth and poverty reduction

25 October 2005 12:00-13:30 (GMT+00) - Public event, London

  • During this event, speakers highlighted recent evidence on the importance of land tenure and land access for agricultural production cited by both the EU and the World Bank suggests that secure property rights over land are a precondition for pro-poor and sustainable economic growth, playing a key role in building a favourable investment climate; enabling access to credit markets; securing revenues for local governments; and building accountability, transparency and social cohesion.
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    Chair:
    John Battle M
    Speakers:

    Dr Camilla Toulmin, Director of IIED and a member of the EU Taskforce on Land
    Dr John Farrington, ODI Research Fellow spoke instead of Dr Klaus Deininger.

     

  • An ODI and All Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development public event in the Agriculture in Africa: An Effective Route out of Poverty? series.