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Landesa Reducing global poverty and growing opportunity through the power of land rights

NPR's Morning Edition aired a story about Landesa and its partners in Odisha, India who are helping poor rural families gain legal title to their own piece of land. Corey Flintoff reports: >> Listen to the 4-minute story on NPR: http://www.npr.org/2011/12/01/142987433/poor-get-a-stake-in-indias-booming-economy

Poor Get A Stake In India's Booming Economy : NPR Even a tiny plot of land in India can be a ticket out of poverty. That's because many government programs and benefits are tied to land ownership. One non-governmental organization is running a program to help the rural poor obtain the title to the land they till.