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Land Acquisition for Business and Compensation of Displaced Farmers
This project addresses the question of how farmers displaced by acquisition of agricultural land for the purpose of industrialisation ought to be compensated. Prior to acquisition, the farmers are lea...
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Maitreesh Ghatak
Sandip Mitra
Dilip Mookherjee
01 March, 2012
- IGC Research on India
Case study on successful land acquisitions in Bihar
This project addresses the question of compensation policies for rural communities that lose their traditional lands and livelihoods to make way for business (e.g., industry, commercial agriculture, u...
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Maitreesh Ghatak
Sandip Mitra
Dilip Mookherjee
01 March, 2012
- IGC Research on India
The Agricultural Productivity Gap in Developing Countries
According to national accounts data for developing countries, value added per worker is on average four times higher in the non-agriculture sector than in agriculture.
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David Lagakos
Michael Waugh
01 January, 2012
- IGC Research on India