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This paper explores the economic, political and institutional dimensions of agrarian reform in Asia and the relevance of this experience to future development. The author first looks at land reform in South Korea and then at the positive contributions of even partial reform through a brief discussion of the Philippines. The last sections of the paper consider particular aspects of land reform relevant to the Asian development agenda for the 21st century. Finally, the author looks at how land reform relates to social and economic development and discusses the kind of modern political coalitions that might be supportive of refocusing attention on problems of land reform.