The fiercely contested issue of land reform is crucial to the success of the Reconstruction and Development Programme. In this broad-ranging yet rigorous study, leading researchers provide the theoretical framework and a major South African land reform initiative. The book places the issue of land at the center of the debate about the RDP; provides comprehensive coverage of the latest research findings, policies, and proposals; gives a clear understanding of the arguments around land reform, and of the principles underlying a market-assisted redistribution process; and analyzes international experience, and the South African policy and legal environment, in order to evaluate land reform options and make far-reaching proposals. Scholarly and topical, Agricultural Land Reform in South Africa is an indispensable resource for academics, students, development economists, practitioners and policy makers, and will be valuable in the development of agricultural land reform programs both local and international.

This book analyzes the new political economy of land reform in South Africa. It takes a holistic approach to understand South Africa’s land reform, assesses the current policy gaps, and suggests ways of filling them. Due to its cross-disciplinary approach, the book will appeal to a broad audience, and will benefit readers from the fields of policy reform, administration, law, political science, political economics, agricultural economics, global politics, resource studies and development studies.

Agricultural Policy Reform in South Africa, which is part of AIPA's ongoing research series on the generation of sustainable effective rates of growth, employment expansion and equity, should be read in this context. It brings together analytical discussion papers written by some of South Africa's foremost specialists in the field of agriculture.

OECD's first comprehensive OECD review of agricultural policies in South Africa, this book presents an overview of South Africa's agricultural policies combined with an assessment of the level of support provided to South Africa's agriculture.

OECD's first comprehensive OECD review of agricultural policies in South Africa, this book presents an overview of South Africa's agricultural policies combined with an assessment of the level of support provided to South Africa's agriculture.