Land Allocation in Vietnam's Agrarian Transition

While 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 inter...

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Main Authors:	Ravallion, Martin, van de Walle, Dominique
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	LAND ALLOTMENT MARKET LIBERALIZATION INFORMATION DISSEMINATION TRANSACTION COSTS LAND MARKETS LAND USE LAND RIGHTS LAND ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL LAND-USE AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF LAND COMMUNITIES CONSTRUCTION CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CROPS CULTIVATED LAND DECISION MAKING ECONOMICS EQUILIBRIUM FARMERS FOREST GENDER HOUSING INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOMES INSURANCE IRRIGATED LAND LABOR FORCE LAND ALLOCATION LAND APPROPRIATION LAND HOLDINGS LAND LAW LAND MARKET LAND OWNERSHIP LAND TITLES LAND TRANSACTIONS LAND- USE LAND-USE LANDLESSNESS LOCAL AUTHORITIES MARKET FACTORS POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIVATE LAND PUBLIC SERVICES RESIDENTIAL LAND RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMY TERMS OF TRADE UNIVERSITIES USE VALUE VILLAGES ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES AGRICULTURAL LAND
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2120328/land-allocation-vietnams-agrarian-transition http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19165

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spelling	okr-10986-191652021-04-23T14:03:41Z Land Allocation in Vietnam's Agrarian Transition Ravallion, Martin van de Walle, Dominique LAND ALLOTMENT MARKET LIBERALIZATION INFORMATION DISSEMINATION TRANSACTION COSTS LAND MARKETS LAND USE LAND RIGHTS LAND ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL LAND-USE AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF LAND COMMUNITIES CONSTRUCTION CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CROPS CULTIVATED LAND DECISION MAKING ECONOMICS EQUILIBRIUM FARMERS FOREST GENDER HOUSING INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOMES INSURANCE IRRIGATED LAND LABOR FORCE LAND ALLOCATION LAND APPROPRIATION LAND HOLDINGS LAND LAW LAND MARKET LAND OWNERSHIP LAND TITLES LAND TRANSACTIONS LAND USE LAND- USE LAND-USE LANDLESSNESS LOCAL AUTHORITIES MARKET FACTORS POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIVATE LAND PUBLIC SERVICES RESIDENTIAL LAND RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMY TERMS OF TRADE TRANSACTION COSTS UNIVERSITIES USE VALUE VILLAGES ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES AGRICULTURAL LAND While 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. 2014-07-31T22:31:44Z 2014-07-31T22:31:44Z 2003-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2120328/land-allocation-vietnams-agrarian-transition http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19165 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2951 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Vietnam
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topic	LAND ALLOTMENT MARKET LIBERALIZATION INFORMATION DISSEMINATION TRANSACTION COSTS LAND MARKETS LAND USE LAND RIGHTS LAND ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL LAND-USE AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF LAND COMMUNITIES CONSTRUCTION CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CROPS CULTIVATED LAND DECISION MAKING ECONOMICS EQUILIBRIUM FARMERS FOREST GENDER HOUSING INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOMES INSURANCE IRRIGATED LAND LABOR FORCE LAND ALLOCATION LAND APPROPRIATION LAND HOLDINGS LAND LAW LAND MARKET LAND OWNERSHIP LAND TITLES LAND TRANSACTIONS LAND USE LAND- USE LAND-USE LANDLESSNESS LOCAL AUTHORITIES MARKET FACTORS POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIVATE LAND PUBLIC SERVICES RESIDENTIAL LAND RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMY TERMS OF TRADE TRANSACTION COSTS UNIVERSITIES USE VALUE VILLAGES ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES AGRICULTURAL LAND
spellingShingle	LAND ALLOTMENT MARKET LIBERALIZATION INFORMATION DISSEMINATION TRANSACTION COSTS LAND MARKETS LAND USE LAND RIGHTS LAND ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL LAND-USE AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF LAND COMMUNITIES CONSTRUCTION CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CROPS CULTIVATED LAND DECISION MAKING ECONOMICS EQUILIBRIUM FARMERS FOREST GENDER HOUSING INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOMES INSURANCE IRRIGATED LAND LABOR FORCE LAND ALLOCATION LAND APPROPRIATION LAND HOLDINGS LAND LAW LAND MARKET LAND OWNERSHIP LAND TITLES LAND TRANSACTIONS LAND USE LAND- USE LAND-USE LANDLESSNESS LOCAL AUTHORITIES MARKET FACTORS POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIVATE LAND PUBLIC SERVICES RESIDENTIAL LAND RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMY TERMS OF TRADE TRANSACTION COSTS UNIVERSITIES USE VALUE VILLAGES ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES AGRICULTURAL LAND Ravallion, Martin van de Walle, Dominique Land Allocation in Vietnam's Agrarian Transition
geographic_facet	East Asia and Pacific Vietnam
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2951
description	While 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.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Ravallion, Martin van de Walle, Dominique
author_facet	Ravallion, Martin van de Walle, Dominique
author_sort	Ravallion, Martin
title	Land Allocation in Vietnam's Agrarian Transition
title_short	Land Allocation in Vietnam's Agrarian Transition
title_full	Land Allocation in Vietnam's Agrarian Transition
title_fullStr	Land Allocation in Vietnam's Agrarian Transition
title_full_unstemmed	Land Allocation in Vietnam's Agrarian Transition
title_sort	land allocation in vietnam's agrarian transition
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2120328/land-allocation-vietnams-agrarian-transition http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19165
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Land Allocation in Vietnam's Agrarian Transition

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