Bardhan, Pranab2012-05-162012-05-162011-04Development Outreachhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/6104When government officials are involved in land transactions the scope for arbitrary decision making and corruption is large, and the land issue can turn into a political football among rival political parties.CC BY 3.0 IGOagricultural landagricultural productivityagriculturecold storageeconomicsfarm productsfarmerfarmersland ownershipland valuelivestocklivestock productsmajority of farmersmarketingnongovernmental organizationspoor benefitpoor countriespoor farmersvegetablesJournal ArticleWorld Bank10.1596/1020-797X_13_1_54