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  • Each family is entitled to at least 25 acres of the 16,000-acre property under a land-reform program instituted by none other than President Corazon Aquino in 1989.

    Will Philippines' cycle of corruption ever end? 2010

  • JOHANNESBURG—South Africa's land-reform program is sputtering, and that has so angered some politicians here that they are urging the African National Congress-led government to seize white-owned farms.

    As Reforms Stall, Calls Rise to Seize South Africa Farms Peter Wonacott 2011

  • JOHANNESBURG—South Africa's land-reform program is sputtering, and that has so angered some politicians here that they are urging the African National Congress-led government to seize white-owned farms.

    As Reforms Stall, Calls Rise to Seize South Africa Farms Peter Wonacott 2011

  • JOHANNESBURG—South Africa's land-reform program is sputtering, and that has so angered some politicians here that they are urging the African National Congress-led government to seize white-owned farms.

    As Reforms Stall, Calls Rise to Seize South Africa Farms Peter Wonacott 2011

  • But when a land-reform bureaucrat in 1978 asked CPI-M's agriculture minister about awarding peasants full title, he was told that it wasn't the time for such a "drastic measure."

    Property Rights Drive Indian Politics Abheek Bhattacharya 2011

  • Zimbabwe began to slip into economic decline in 2000 when Mr. Mugabe launched a chaotic, violent land-reform program.

    Zimbabwe's Economic Woes Continue 2010

  • I would also deal differently with the critics of our land-reform programs, and invest more in educating them.

    ‘It Can’t Be Any Worse’ 2009

  • Even more farsighted is the new, landmark land-reform program, which would make it possible for Chinese peasants to rent or lease their land to outsiders (including corporations).

    Why China Works 2009

  • The Supreme Court in 1984 upheld Hawaii's aggressive land-reform law, which forced large landowners to sell to homeowners at court-mandated prices to end, in the words of then-Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the state's "feudal land tenure system."

    Archive 2009-02-01 Matt Johnston 2009

  • I would enact tougher legislation that would ensure offenders would never do it again, and invest more in educating the critics of our land-reform programs.

    I See the World Crying 2009

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