Can a Market-Assisted Land Redistribution Program Improve the Lives of the Poor? Evidence from Malawi

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dc.creatorDatar, Gayatri
dc.creatorDel Carpio, Ximena
dc.creatorHoffman, Vivian
dc.date2012-03-19T19:13:15Z
dc.date2012-03-19T19:13:15Z
dc.date2009-10-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:04:35Z
dc.descriptionThis paper uses a rural household survey dataset collected in 2006 and 2008 to investigate the impact of a market-based land resettlement project in southern Malawi. The program provided a conditional cash and land transfer to poor families to relocate to larger plots of farm land. The average treatment effect of the program is estimated using a difference-in-difference matching technique based on propensity score matching; qualitative information complement the analysis to ensure unobservable characteristics do not bias the findings. As expected, the results show a significant effect on landholdings and agricultural production, with land size increasing and maize production increasing by more than 100 kilograms relative to the control. However, the impacts on food security and asset holdings were mixed. Households that relocated great distances had systematically lower impacts than those households that stayed within their district of origin because they had to adapt to unfamiliar agro-ecological, cultural, and market environments. Impacts also varied across gender of the household head; female-headed beneficiary households increased their productive and consumption assets significantly, while male-headed households increased their asset holdings less so.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4285
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-5093
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/415001
dc.languageEnglish
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACCOUNTING
dc.subjectADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
dc.subjectAGRARIAN STRUCTURE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LAND
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL POLICY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectARABLE LAND
dc.subjectASSET HOLDING
dc.subjectASSET HOLDINGS
dc.subjectASSET VALUE
dc.subjectASSETS
dc.subjectBANK ACCOUNT
dc.subjectBANK POLICY
dc.subjectBENEFICIARIES
dc.subjectBENEFICIARY
dc.subjectBUDGETING
dc.subjectCAPITAL FORMATION
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFER
dc.subjectCOLLECTIVE ACTION
dc.subjectCOLLECTIVE ACTION PROBLEMS
dc.subjectCOLONIAL LAND
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
dc.subjectCONFLICT
dc.subjectCONSUMER DURABLES
dc.subjectCONSUMER GOODS
dc.subjectCOUNTERFACTUAL
dc.subjectCREDIT INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectCRITICAL APPRAISAL
dc.subjectCROP VALUE
dc.subjectCROPS
dc.subjectCULTIVABLE LAND
dc.subjectDEED
dc.subjectDEEDS
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.subjectDUMMY VARIABLE
dc.subjectDURABLE
dc.subjectDURABLE ASSET
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectECONOMIC WELFARE
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectECONOMICS RESEARCH
dc.subjectEFFECTIVE USE
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTS
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE
dc.subjectEXPENDITURES
dc.subjectEXPROPRIATION
dc.subjectEXTENDED FAMILIES
dc.subjectEXTENSION
dc.subjectEXTENSION SERVICES
dc.subjectFAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
dc.subjectFARM EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectFARM SIZE
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFARMING HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectFARMLAND
dc.subjectFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectFERTILIZERS
dc.subjectFINANCES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectFOOD SUPPLY
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMAN RESOURCES
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME DYNAMICS
dc.subjectINCOME REDISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOMES
dc.subjectINDIGENOUS LAND TENURE SYSTEMS
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subjectINVESTING
dc.subjectLABOR INPUTS
dc.subjectLAND DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectLAND DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectLAND HOLDING
dc.subjectLAND HOLDINGS
dc.subjectLAND INEQUALITY
dc.subjectLAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectLAND POLICIES
dc.subjectLAND PRICES
dc.subjectLAND PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectLAND QUALITY
dc.subjectLAND REDISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectLAND REFORM
dc.subjectLAND REFORMS
dc.subjectLAND RESETTLEMENT
dc.subjectLAND SIZE
dc.subjectLAND TITLE
dc.subjectLAND TITLES
dc.subjectLAND TITLING
dc.subjectLAND VALUE
dc.subjectLAND-POOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectLANDHOLDINGS
dc.subjectLANDOWNERS
dc.subjectLEGAL OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK
dc.subjectMARKET ENVIRONMENTS
dc.subjectMARKET PRICES
dc.subjectMARKET VALUE
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectNGOS
dc.subjectPOLICY MAKERS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR FAMILIES
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EFFECTS
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION EFFORTS
dc.subjectPOVERTY ESTIMATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY LEVELS
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY STATUS
dc.subjectPRICE INCREASES
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVE ASSETS
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectREDISTRIBUTIVE REFORM
dc.subjectREMOTE AREAS
dc.subjectRESERVE
dc.subjectRESERVES
dc.subjectRESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectREVOLVING FUND
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLD
dc.subjectRURAL POOR
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDER FARMERS
dc.subjectSOCIAL IMPACTS
dc.subjectSOCIAL NETWORKS
dc.subjectSUBSISTENCE FARMERS
dc.subjectSUBSTITUTION EFFECT
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectTRANCHE
dc.subjectTRANCHES
dc.subjectVILLAGE LEADERS
dc.subjectWEALTH
dc.subjectWEATHER PATTERNS
dc.subjectWELFARE EFFECTS
dc.subjectWELFARE INDICATORS
dc.titleCan a Market-Assisted Land Redistribution Program Improve the Lives of the Poor? Evidence from Malawi

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