Does rising landlessness signal success or failure for Vietnam ' s agrarian transition?, Vol. 1 of 1

About

Countries

Data & Research

Learning

News

Projects & Operations

Publications

Topics

Home > Data & Research > Document Search > Report Details

Does rising landlessness signal success or failure for Vietnam's agrarian transition?

Author:	Ravallion, Martin; van de Walle, Dominique;	Collection Title:	Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 3871
Country:	Vietnam;	Date Stored:	2007/02/20
Document Date:	2006/04/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	East Asia and Pacific
Report Number:	WPS3871	SubTopics:	Land Use and Policies; Rural Poverty Reduction; Rural Development Knowledge & Information Systems; Rural Land Policies for Poverty Reduction
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: In the wake of reforms to establish a free market in land-use rights, Vietnam is experiencing 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. The authors' theoretical model suggests that removing restrictions on land markets will increase landlessness among the poor, but that there will be both gainers and losers, with uncertain impacts on aggregate poverty. Empirically, they find that landlessness is less likely for the poor and that the observed rise in landlessness is poverty reducing on balance. However, there are marked regional differences, notably between the north and the south.


Official Documents Official, scanned versions of documents (may include signatures, etc.)
File Type		Description	File Size (mb)

	PDF 55 pages	Official version*	0.84
	Text	Text version**

* The official version is derived from scanning the final, paper copy of the document and is the official,
archived version including all signatures, charts, etc.

** The text version is the OCR text of the final scanned version and is not an accurate representation of the final text.
It is provided solely to benefit users with slow connectivity.

Permanent URL for this page: http://go.worldbank.org/JTW8Y78SL0