A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi is Professor of International Development Studies at Trent University, Peterborough, Canada. Saturnino M. Borras Jr is Canada Research Chair in International Development Studies, St Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Cristóbal Kay is Associate Professor of Rural Development and Development Studies at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, the Netherlands.

• 1. Agrarian Reform and Rural Development: Historical Overview and Current Issues 2. Bolivia’s Unfinished Agrarian Reform: Rural Poverty and Development Policies 3. Agrarian Reform and Poverty Reduction: Lessons from Brazil 4. Land, Poverty and State-Society Interaction in the Philippines 5. Land Markets and Rural Livelihoods in Vietnam 6. Land Reform, Rural Poverty and Inequality in Armenia: A Pro-Poor Approach to Land Policies 7. The Land System, Agriculture and Poverty in Uzbekistan 8. Mubarak’s Legacy for Egypt’s Rural Poor: Returning Land to the Landlords 9. Land Reform in Namibia: Issues of Equity and Poverty 10. Untying the Gordian Knot: The Question of Land Reform in Ethiopia 11. Land Policy, Poverty Reduction and Public Action in Zimbabwe 12. Neo-Liberal Globalization, Land and Poverty: Implications for Public Action

"Land, Poverty and Livelihoods is very well-cited and grounded in concrete figures (the perfect source for a graduate student reading list). The introduction is incredibly thorough and didactic, carefully reviewing land reform in theory and practice around the world and over time. And the concluding chapter is an excellent analysis of the implications that the case studies presented in the book have for policy. Altogether, this book is an important source for the contemporary debate over whether and how agrarian reform might work to reduce rural poverty and inequality."Wendy Wolford, UNC Chapel Hill