Land Reform, Conflict, and Development in Bolivia and Colombia
Land is at the root of many violent conflicts and wars around the world. In addition to fighting over land and related natural resources, rural landholding systems often sustain patterns of inequality and widespread rural poverty that generate conflict. This event co-sponsored by the U.S. Institute of Peace and the InterAmerica Foundation will examine the challenges of land tenure and the efforts at land reform in Colombia and Bolivia--two Latin American countries where the gap between the ri...