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The Experience of Villagisation: Lessons from Ethiopia, Mozambique and Tanzania

Christy Cannon Lorgen · Oxfam GB · 1999

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Christy Cannon Lorgen
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2026-09-01

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EstablishedVillagisation began as a voluntary programme; in 1973 village living was made compulsory with a three-year target, and coercive ‘operations’ moved people. The government claimed 13 million villagers by 1976, while a more conservative estimate, citing Hyden, was about five million.