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From what I've heard the land distribution was even worse than that -- farms were more often than not given to party hacks rather than poor farmers. The proble
by wheels 18y ago
From what I've heard the land distribution was even worse than that -- farms were more often than not given to party hacks rather than poor farmers.
The problem seems to largely have been that the land reform wasn't actually an act for social justice so much as a populist political move. Egypt's attempt at land reform seemed much better planned:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_land_reform#Law_Number_178 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_land_reform#Law_Number...
- jwilliams 18y agoInteresting - I hadn't know about that before. Agreed on your other points. I don't know the politics of the Egyptian reform, but colonialism still turns this in to a very complex set of issue. Especially when you try and distinguish between social justice and populist politics. Again, if I recall correctly, in the early days of the land reform the UK pledged funds to allow property to be bought back from land owners. I think they even contributed GBP50 million or something (drop in the ocean admittedly), but the rest of the plan was eventually knocked back.