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 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 rur...

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Main Authors:	van de Walle, Dominique, Ravallion, Martin
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRARIAN REFORM AGRARIAN STRUCTURE AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF LAND ASSET POVERTY CONCENTRATION OF LAND CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION MEASURE CREDIT MARKETS CULTIVATED LAND DECLINE IN POVERTY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DISTRIBUTION OF LAND DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY FARM ACTIVITIES FARM ACTIVITY FARM OUTPUT FARM PRODUCTION FARMER FARMERS FARMLAND FARMS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD OUTPUT HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INEQUALITY INSURANCE LAND CONSOLIDATION LAND DEMAND LAND HOLDINGS LAND INEQUALITY LAND LAW LAND MARKETS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND REFORM LAND REFORMS LAND TENURE LAND TENURE REFORM LAND TITLES LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS LANDLESS LABORERS LANDLESSNESS LIVELIHOODS LIVING STANDARDS LOW LIVING STANDARDS MOUNTAINOUS AREAS POOR POOR FARMERS POST- REFORM POST-REFORM POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE OWNERSHIP PUBLIC WORKS RESIDENTIAL LAND RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITY RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL WORKERS SCHOOLING SOUTH ASIAN TRANSITION ECONOMIES UNEMPLOYMENT WAGE RATES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/04/7401764/rising-landlessness-signal-success-or-failure-vietnams-agrarian-transition http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8956

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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.

Does Rising Landlessness Signal Success or Failure for Vietnam’s Agrarian Transition?

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