Does Rising Landlessness Signal Success or Failure for Vietnam's Agrarian Transition?
In the wake of reforms to establish a free market in land-use rights, Vietnam experienced a pronounced rise in rural landlessness. To some observers this is a harmless by-product of a more efficient economy, while to others it signals the return of the pre-socialist class structure, with the rural landless at the bottom of the economic ladder. We study the issue empirically using four household surveys spanning 1993-2004. Although we find rising landlessness amongst the poor, the post-reform landlessness rate tends to be higher for the non-poor. We find no support for the claim that the process of rising landlessness has been poverty-increasing in the aggregate.
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| Format: | Journal Article biblioteca |
| Language: | EN |
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2008
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| Subjects: | Economic Development: Agriculture, Natural Resources, Energy, Environment, Other Primary Products O130, Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Planning, Coordination, and Reform P210, Collectives, Communes, Agriculture P320, Land Ownership and Tenure, Land Reform, Land Use, Irrigation, Agriculture and Environment Q150, Agricultural Policy, Food Policy Q180, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4878 |
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