Lok Niti “Land grabs and dispossession”

Driven by the desire for profit and investments, the rich and powerful were able to tilt the playing field firmly toward their side. As a result, the poor and marginalized are being systematically dispossessed of coveted precious land that is theirs by right. This growing land grabbing phenomenon and the conflicts that it has inevitably spawned are seen across the region and detailed in this edition of Lok Niti, which aims to provide key perspectives on how and why land grabbing is happening in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal and the Philippines. Given these dire conditions, a number of recommendations have been outlined in the papers presented in this journal.