Land Allocation in Vietnam's Agrarian Transition

dc.creatorvan de Walle, Dominique
dc.creatorRavallion, Martin
dc.date2014-07-31T22:31:44Z
dc.date2014-07-31T22:31:44Z
dc.date2003-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:27:42Z
dc.descriptionWhile liberalizing key factor markets is a crucial step in the transition from a socialist control-economy to a market economy, the process can be stalled by imperfect information, high transaction costs, and covert resistance from entrenched interests. The authors study land-market adjustment in the wake of Vietnam's reforms aiming to establish a free market in land-use rights following de-collectivization. Inefficiencies in the initial administrative allocation are measured against an explicit counterfactual market solution. The authors' tests using a farm-household panel data set spanning the reforms suggest that land allocation responded positively but slowly to the inefficiencies of the administrative allocation. They find no sign that the transition favored the land rich or that it was thwarted by the continuing power over land held by local officials.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2120328/land-allocation-vietnams-agrarian-transition
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/19165
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-2951
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/418297
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 2951
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectLAND ALLOTMENT
dc.subjectMARKET LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectINFORMATION DISSEMINATION
dc.subjectTRANSACTION COSTS
dc.subjectLAND MARKETS
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLAND RIGHTS
dc.subjectLAND ADMINISTRATION
dc.subjectADMINISTRATIVE POLICY
dc.subjectADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES AGRICULTURAL LAND
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LAND-USE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectALLOCATION OF LAND
dc.subjectCOMMUNITIES
dc.subjectCONSTRUCTION
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectCROPS
dc.subjectCULTIVATED LAND
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectEQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFOREST
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINCOMES
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectIRRIGATED LAND
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLAND ALLOCATION
dc.subjectLAND APPROPRIATION
dc.subjectLAND HOLDINGS
dc.subjectLAND LAW
dc.subjectLAND MARKET
dc.subjectLAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectLAND TITLES
dc.subjectLAND TRANSACTIONS
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLAND- USE
dc.subjectLAND-USE
dc.subjectLANDLESSNESS
dc.subjectLOCAL AUTHORITIES
dc.subjectMARKET FACTORS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPRIVATE LAND
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectRESIDENTIAL LAND
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectTERMS OF TRADE
dc.subjectTRANSACTION COSTS
dc.subjectUNIVERSITIES
dc.subjectUSE VALUE
dc.subjectVILLAGES
dc.subjectADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LAND
dc.titleLand Allocation in Vietnam's Agrarian Transition

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