IDEAS THAT WILL NEVER WORK Land reforms best option to alleviate poverty - Pakistan Observer Wednesday, 26th Jun 2013 Islamabad Eminent economist, Dr Syed Akmal Hussain has said that land reforms are necessary for alleviating poverty and generating economic growth. Speaking at a dialogue on "Land Rights" organized at Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), he said the most efficient way of alleviating poverty and reducing inequality in the country is land reforms. He said it is blatant injustice with poor in a situation where it can easily end poverty when there are solutions available such as land reforms. He explained that there is 2.6 million acre cultivatable agricultural land available with the government. He suggested that government must create 5 acre plots and distribute it among the landless people which would immediately empower 58 percent of 8,97,000 landless farmers. He also suggested to create a fund to purchase land for remaining 42 percent landless farmers. He talked of supplementing the land distribution with establishing a social enterprise whose owners and shareholders would be poor peasants.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 01:59:35 +0000
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