Mexico : Land Policy--A Decade after the Ejido Reform

This study aims to assess the extent to which reforms have actually been implemented, the impact they have had on the rural population, and the challenges which, as a consequence, need to be addressed by the new administration. This report is organ...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE BARLEY BEANS BIODIVERSITY CIVIL SERVICE COMMON PROPERTY COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS CROPPING CROPS DECENTRALIZATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURES EXPORTS EXTENSION EXTREME POVERTY FAO FARMERS FARMING FARMS FINANCIAL CRISIS FOREST PRODUCTS FORESTRY FREE TRADE FRUITS GDP GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOUSING IMPORTS INCOME INHERITANCE INSURANCE INTEGRATION IRRIGATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LAND REFORM LAND USE LANDS LAWS LEGAL PROVISIONS LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOGGING MAIZE MARKETING NATURAL RESOURCES PERVERSE INCENTIVES PESTICIDES POVERTY LINE PRICE SUBSIDIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS RESOURCE USE RICE RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL PROPERTY SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOILS SORGHUM SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSACTION COSTS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN GROWTH URBAN POVERTY URBANIZATION VEGETABLES WATERSHED WEALTH WHEAT LAND REFORM EJIDOS MACROECONOMIC REFORM FOREST POLICY FACTOR MARKETS LEGAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK JUDICIAL SYSTEM LEGAL REFORM LAND MARKETS SMALL FARMS ENTREPRENEURS MARGINALIZED GROUPS MARKET LIBERALIZATION AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION AGRICULTURAL REFORMS AGRICULTURAL MARKETING POLICY RURAL FINANCE LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY COOPERATIVES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/1671279/mexico-land-policy-decade-after-ejido-reform http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15460

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Summary:	This study aims to assess the extent to which reforms have actually been implemented, the impact they have had on the rural population, and the challenges which, as a consequence, need to be addressed by the new administration. This report is organized as follows: Section 1 describes Mexico's rural economy. It reviews the broad context of macro, trade, and sector-level reforms, the strengths and weaknesses of both the productive and socio-economic structure of agriculture and the social sector, highlighting in particular the socio-economic and natural resource characteristics that make the ejido sector central to Mexico's development. Section 2 details the rationale behind the 1992 legal reforms intended to to end almost a century of politically motivated interventions in the internal structure of te ejido and improve the functioning of land and labor markets in the social sector. This section reviews the way reforms were implemented, the procedural safeguards adopted to prevent abuse, and the advances, both in terms of numbers as well as impact, made in implementing them. Section 3 assesses PROCEDE (the National Certifcation Program of Ejido Rights and Urban Lots) and its impact on the functioning of land rental and sales markets, ejidatarios' access to credit, and investment. Section 4 sums up policy recommendations in six key areas, including land policy, completion of PROCEDE, and ensuring the sustainability of the advances made under PROCEDE.

Mexico : Land Policy--A Decade after the Ejido Reform

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