title: Land settlement policies and population redistribution in developing countries:  performance, problems and prospects.
abstract: The author describes and compares land settlement in various developing countries, focusing on the movement of people to underutilized agricultural areas.  "The purpose of this article is fourfold:  first, to discuss the performance of settlement programmes, concentrating on the extent to which they have achieved their population redistribution and other objectives; second, to analyse major economic and social problems confronting them; third, to identify factors that have contributed to their success or failure; and, fourth, to assess alternative policy options."  This analysis of land settlement programs "suggests that so far they have made no more than a modest contribution to the solution of the problems of population distribution, unemployment and poverty."
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004777:Environment; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005843:Geography; D009934:Organization and Administration; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011640:Public Policy; D012939:Social Planning; D012940:Social Problems
keywords: Agricultural Development; Critique; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Development Planning; Development Policy; Economic Conditions; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Environment; Geographic Factors; Land Supply; Macroeconomic Factors; Migration; Migration Policy; Migration, Internal; Natural Resources; Organization And Administration; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Program Appropriateness; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Programs; Progress Report; Rural Development; Settlement And Resettlement; Social Policy; Social Problems; Spatial Distribution--changes