In those countries, land reform produced an economic miracle, transforming their societies and loosening the grip of once-authoritarian regimes.

By the spring of 1953, with the exception of Taiwan and the ethnic minority regions of Xinjiang and Tibet, land reform was basically complete, and the peasants had achieved genuine liberation.

Populist reform, on the other hand, focuses solely on breaking up large land holdings to redistribute to small holders. "It’s a policy shift, not structural," he says.

A new land-reform bill aims to unwind a long history of inequality. But centuries of feudalism are difficult to shake.

The dramatic history of Scotland’s community landownership movement is the subject of a dynamic new art exhibition touring Scotland in the Travelling Gallery this summer.

The Land Reform (Scotland) Bill aims to address the concentration of landownership as well as giving communities a greater say in what happens on privately owned land.

In 1953, Bowles journeyed to Nepal from his base in Delhi to deliver a letter on land reform to King Tribhuvan. In the letter, he called for the king to abolish birta tax exemptions and to reform land ...

The Biden administration’s recent land reform provision as part of the coronavirus relief bill denies farmers of a certain skin color funding and disabled farmer Adam Faust is now suing the ...

Donald Trump has spoken out against the South African government's new land reform policies, accusing the country of embarking on "land grabs" against "certain classes of people". South Africa ...

The land would be added to 807,000 acres of government property, and divided among peasant farmers. Of all Latin American nations, Mexico has waved the magic wand of land reform longest.

Its proponents say it will help unlock economic potential; critics say it could lead to ruin in Africa’s most advanced economy.