Ghosh, Ranjan Kumar
- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
This paper provides an access based explanation of why institutional arrangements of compensation provision for land acquisition often fail to effectively rehabilitate displaced farmers in a developing country context like India. Farmers have a right to claim compensation in case of land takings, which specifies two methods of claim: consent method and arbitration method. Literature indicates that farmers' choice between the two methods has a significant impact on the compensation they receive. Using a binary response model on a primary dataset of 199 displaced farmers from Upper Krishna Irrigation Project, India, we analyse the determinants of this choice. We validate 'access based' hypotheses in choice of compensation and test whether in addition to allocated property rights, benefits actually depend on the 'access mechanisms' farmers have. Results suggest that the choice is governed by access to social identity and information. Therefore, farmers lacking these fail to get resettled despite the presence of a policy framework aimed at their rehabilitation.
Published in
Journal of Development Studies
2017, volume: 53, number: 4, pages: 548-564
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
SLU Authors
Global goals (SDG)
SDG17 Partnerships for the goals
UKÄ Subject classification
Economics
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2016.1187725
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/94122