Includes bibliographical references and index.

Agrarian reform and rural development : historical overview and curr ent issues / Saturnino M. Borras jr., Cristâobal Kay and A. Haroon Akra m-Lodhi -- Bolivia's unfinished agrarian reform : rural poverty and dev elopment policies / Cristâobal Kay and Miguel Urioste -- Agrarian refor m and poverty reduction : lessons from Brazil / Carmen Diana Deere and Leonilde Servolo de Medeiros -- Land, poverty and state-society interac tion in the Philippines / Saturnino M. Borras jr., Danilo Carranza and Ricardo Reyes -- Land markets and rural livelihoods in Vietnam / A. Har oon Akram-Lodhi -- Land reform, rural poverty and inequality in Armenia : a pro-poor approach to land policies / Max Spoor -- The land system, agriculture and poverty in Uzbekistan / Azizur Rahman Khan -- Mubarak' s legacy for Egypt's rural poor : returning land to the landlords / Ray Bush -- Land reform in Namibia : issues of equity and poverty / Jan Ke es van Donge, with George Eiseb and Alfons Mosimane -- Untying the gord ian knot : the question of land reform in Ethiopia / Gebru Mersha and M wangi Wa Githinji -- Land policy, poverty reduction and public action i n Zimbabwe / Sam Moyo -- Neo-liberal globalization, land and poverty : implications for public action / A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi, Saturnino M. Bo rras jr., Cristâobal Kay and Terry McKinley.