Land Acquisition and Infrastructure Development through Land Trust Laws: A Policy Framework for Asia
The “land question” has invigorated agrarian studies and economic history since Marx and early 20th century writers on agrarian questions. In countries that allow private land ownership, compulsory land acquisition is the right and action of the government to take property not owned by it for public use. Combining the tools from the fields of law and economics, this presentation suggests land trust or land lease for the development of infrastructure investment and industrialization purposes.