Land privatization : what is the best method?
Dale, Peter & Bengt Kjellson
Privatization of land can take many forms and be carried out for a number of reasons. The reasons and conditions vary from country to country, but there are a number of considerations to make before starting a huge privatization programme. The term land reformm can be said to include all forms of allocation of land to individuals. This includes the restitution of land to former owners, as practiced in many eastern and central European countries as a central part in the move from a command-driven economy to a market-based one. It also includes the introduction of self-ownership, where tenants become owners of the dwellings they occupy. The drastic increase in home-ownership in the United Kingdom in the 19800s was mainly due to such a program. Privatization is most often used to describe the redistribution of rights to land, i.e. the transfer ownership from the state to private individuals, but also from large private entities such as big farms. This may also be referred to as land settlement. Land reform also includes the formalisation of existing de facto rights to land, as well as large land consolidation programs where the land parcels held by individuals are redistributed in order to create more favourable conditions for using the land.
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