Political economy of khas land in Bangladesh /

Political economy of khas land in Bangladesh /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barkat, Abul
Other Authors: Shafique uz Zaman, Raihan, Selim
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Dhaka : Association for Land Reform and Development, 2001.
Subjects:
Land reform > Bangladesh.
Economics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine derived contents note: 1. INTRODUCTION 1
  • Background 1
  • Methodological Issues 3
  • Major Characteristics of Study Upazilas 10
  • Organization of the Book 11
  • 2. LAND, KHAS LAND AND AGRARIAN REFORM 15
  • 3. LEGAL AND OPERATIONAL ASPECTS IN
  • EVOLUTION 19
  • Khas Land: Concept and Sources 19
  • From Zemindari to Khas Land: Evolution of
  • Reforms 22
  • Recording, Identification, Recovery and
  • Classification of Khas Land 31
  • Illegal Occupation and Utilization of Khas
  • Land 37
  • Settlement of Khas Land: Evolution of a
  • Complex Issue 38
  • Bengal Crown Estates Manual 39
  • Government Estates Manual 42
  • Barga Settlement on Khas Land 46
  • Laws of Alluvion and Diluvion Lands: 1950-
  • 1975 48
  • Settlement of Khas Land: The Most Recent
  • Developments 56
  • Provision for Cooperatives on Khas Land 75
  • Government's View about Participation of the
  • NGOs. 78
  • A Recapitulation of Legal and Operational
  • Aspects 80
  • 4. AMOUNT AND STATUS OF KHAS LAND IN
  • BANGLADESH 84
  • Types of Khas Land: Methodological Issue 84
  • Amount of Khas Land and Khas Water-bodies
  • by Divisions 86
  • Amount of Khas Land by Districts 88
  • Status of Distribution of Agricultural Khas
  • Land 92
  • Amount of Khas Land per Landless
  • Household:
  • Challenging the Conventional Wisdom 98
  • A Recapitulation: What is Wrong and What
  • Can be Done 103
  • 5. LAND OWNERSHIP AND LANDLESSNESS 108
  • Status of Land Ownership 108
  • Time since the Respondents had been
  • Landless 110
  • Reasons for Landlessness 111
  • Distribution of Time during Which the
  • Respondents Received Khas Land 112
  • 6. WHY THE GENUINE LANDLESS ARE NOT ALWAYS
  • INCLUDED IN THE LIST PREPARED BY THE
  • AUTHORITIES PRIOR TO DISTRIBUTION OF KHAS
  • LAND 114
  • Who Listed Who Not 114
  • Faulty and Inadequate Dissemination of
  • Information about Distribution of Khas Land 115
  • Listing Work's Bias Favouring Vested Interests
  • A Summary 118
  • 7. PROCEDURAL COMPLICATIONS AND
  • ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIER THE LANDLESS ARE
  • TO ENCOUNTER IN GETTING ALLOTMENT OF
  • KHAS LAND 122
  • Application for Khas Land: Elements and
  • Hassles 122
  • Eligible, but Screened Out in the Selection
  • Process: Why 123
  • Hours Lost in the Process of Receiving/Not-
  • Receiving Khas Land 125
  • Reasons for Not Getting Khas Land, though
  • Selected 127
  • Whether the Distribution was Equal or Not 129
  • Identity of the Person(s) Involved in the
  • Distribution Process 130
  • 8. RETENTION AND NONRETENTION OF KHAS LAND 131
  • Retention of Khas Land: An Issue of Degree 131
  • Loss of 'Effective' Retention: Timing, Events,
  • Identity of the Engulfers, and Measures Adopted 136
  • Involvement of Civil Society Institutions 140
  • Change in Economic Condition after Receiving
  • Khas Land 142
  • Main Source of Income of the Respondents 145
  • Econometric Model of Analysis of Effective 146
  • Retention of Khas Land
  • Is Khas Land a Curse? 151
  • 9. ESTIMATES ABOUT RELEVANT PAYMENT OF
  • GOVERNMENT FEES, BRIBES AND OTHER
  • UNSEEN EXPENDITURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
  • KHAS LAND DISTRIBUTION 156
  • 10. DEPRIVATION MEDIATED-THROUGH KHAS LAND:
  • SOME CASE STUDIES 159
  • Khas Land Holder and Other Institutional
  • Agents: Issues on Methodology 159
  • Enlisting the Landless Hinges on the Mercy of the
  • Local Influential 162
  • Owner of Khas Land but Cultivating as a Share-
  • cropper 163
  • Possession Over Khas Land but at What Cost? 164
  • Harassment by the Vested Quarters in
  • Connivance with Corrupt Officials 166
  • Illegal Occupant is so Powerful that Legal Owner
  • will Keep Mum Forever 168
  • Law Always Favours the Rich and Powerful 169
  • Illegal Occupancy Using Credit Trap 170
  • Much Hassle; Apparent Cooperation
  • But
  • Possession Right Denied 171
  • Possession over Khas Land is a Dream
  • Impossible to Materialize 174
  • Unnecessary Legal Complications even after
  • Possession 175
  • Part of Khas Land is Illegally Occupied Which
  • will be Difficult to Release 176
  • Illegal Occupant Gave Some Crop and Then
  • Filed a Case 177
  • Okay. No problem. This Land is Yours but Give
  • Me Half of the Crop 177
  • Easy to Dictate Terms When Khas Land Owners
  • are not United 179
  • 11. POOR PEOPLE'S ORGANIZED STRUGGLE TO
  • ESTABLISH RIGHT ON KHAS LAND: EXPERIENCES
  • OF SAMATA AND RANISANKAIL 181
  • Introduction 181
  • Best Practice to Establish Landless Peasant's
  • Right Over Khas Land:
  • The Samata Experience 182
  • Best Practice to Establish Landless Peasant's
  • Right over khas land:
  • The Ranisankail Experience 191
  • Comparative Analysis of Samata and
  • Ranisankail Success Stories 199
  • Relative Richness of Ranisankail Experience in
  • Terms of Social Capital Formation 203
  • Major Lessons Learnt 207
  • 12. KHAS LAND: RELEVANT OPINION OF LAND
  • OFFICIALS, ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AND
  • KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSONS 209
  • 13. KHAS LAND IN BANGLADESH: WHAT WENT
  • WRONG AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE 213
  • Khas Land: The Most Unresolved Issue of
  • Agrarian Reform 213
  • Evolution of Legal and Operational Aspects of
  • Khas Land 214
  • Amount of Khas Land: Official Record-based
  • Analysis 216
  • Distribution of Khas Land: Official Record-
  • based Analysis 217
  • Distributable Land Reform is Feasible:
  • Analysis Based on Official Records 217
  • Distribution of Khas Land: Survey-based
  • Analysis 218
  • Retention of Khas Land: Survey-based
  • Analysis 220
  • Illegal Payments Associated with Khas Land
  • Distribution: Survey-based Analysis 221
  • Issue of Illegal Occupancy of Khas Land:
  • Survey-based Analysis 222
  • Changes in the Economic Conditions of the
  • Poor: Survey-based Analysis 222
  • Khas Land: Curse or Blessing 223
  • Non-retention of Khas Land: Reasons Evident
  • from Case Studies 224
  • Organized Struggle Generates Success:
  • Experiences of Samata and Ranisankail 225
  • Solutions Framework: What Can be Done and
  • How 225
  • ANNEX: Data Collection Instruments 230
  • Glossary of Terms 252
  • References 257
  • Index 264
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
  • Land reform Bangladesh.

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