Using National Statistics to Increase Transparency of Large Land Acquisition : Evidence from Ethiopia

Almost a decade after the rise in land demand triggered by the 2007/08 commodity price boom, most potential target countries still lack access to relevant information on a routine basis. This has reduced their ability to effectively regulate, monitor, and attract responsible investors rather than sp...

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Main Authors:	Ali, Daniel Ayalew, Deininger, Klaus, Harris, Anthony
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2018
Subjects:	LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND ACQUISITION TRANSPARENCY AGRIBUSINESS JOB CREATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY COMMODITY PRICES SPECULATION
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29253

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spelling	okr-10986-292532021-05-25T10:54:43Z Using National Statistics to Increase Transparency of Large Land Acquisition : Evidence from Ethiopia Ali, Daniel Ayalew Deininger, Klaus Harris, Anthony LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND ACQUISITION TRANSPARENCY AGRIBUSINESS JOB CREATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY COMMODITY PRICES SPECULATION Almost a decade after the rise in land demand triggered by the 2007/08 commodity price boom, most potential target countries still lack access to relevant information on a routine basis. This has reduced their ability to effectively regulate, monitor, and attract responsible investors rather than speculators in their effort to increase agricultural productivity and have benefits accrue to the host communities. The example of Ethiopia shows how building on existing data collection efforts allows to address this challenge and help formulate policies that guide the path forward. Using the 2013/14 nationally representative smallholder and commercial farm surveys, we find that (i) for most crops commercial farms’ yields are higher than smallholders’, with a peak in the 10–20-ha bracket; (ii) commercial farms create few permanent jobs (with just one permanent job per 20 ha) and use only 55% of the land transferred to them; and (iii) after a peak in 2008, formation of new commercial farms is down to the pre-2007 levels. These findings imply that having reliable data on commercial farms, collected on regular intervals, could generate feedback loops for policy formulation and also provide vital information to assess and take regulatory actions aimed at improving the performance and attracting higher levels of investment to the sector. 2018-01-29T19:43:46Z 2018-01-29T19:43:46Z 2017-05 Journal Article World Development 0305-750X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29253 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Ethiopia
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topic	LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND ACQUISITION TRANSPARENCY AGRIBUSINESS JOB CREATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY COMMODITY PRICES SPECULATION
spellingShingle	LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND ACQUISITION TRANSPARENCY AGRIBUSINESS JOB CREATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY COMMODITY PRICES SPECULATION Ali, Daniel Ayalew Deininger, Klaus Harris, Anthony Using National Statistics to Increase Transparency of Large Land Acquisition : Evidence from Ethiopia
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description	Almost a decade after the rise in land demand triggered by the 2007/08 commodity price boom, most potential target countries still lack access to relevant information on a routine basis. This has reduced their ability to effectively regulate, monitor, and attract responsible investors rather than speculators in their effort to increase agricultural productivity and have benefits accrue to the host communities. The example of Ethiopia shows how building on existing data collection efforts allows to address this challenge and help formulate policies that guide the path forward. Using the 2013/14 nationally representative smallholder and commercial farm surveys, we find that (i) for most crops commercial farms’ yields are higher than smallholders’, with a peak in the 10–20-ha bracket; (ii) commercial farms create few permanent jobs (with just one permanent job per 20 ha) and use only 55% of the land transferred to them; and (iii) after a peak in 2008, formation of new commercial farms is down to the pre-2007 levels. These findings imply that having reliable data on commercial farms, collected on regular intervals, could generate feedback loops for policy formulation and also provide vital information to assess and take regulatory actions aimed at improving the performance and attracting higher levels of investment to the sector.
format	Journal Article
author	Ali, Daniel Ayalew Deininger, Klaus Harris, Anthony
author_facet	Ali, Daniel Ayalew Deininger, Klaus Harris, Anthony
author_sort	Ali, Daniel Ayalew
title	Using National Statistics to Increase Transparency of Large Land Acquisition : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_short	Using National Statistics to Increase Transparency of Large Land Acquisition : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_full	Using National Statistics to Increase Transparency of Large Land Acquisition : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_fullStr	Using National Statistics to Increase Transparency of Large Land Acquisition : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed	Using National Statistics to Increase Transparency of Large Land Acquisition : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_sort	using national statistics to increase transparency of large land acquisition : evidence from ethiopia
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2018
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29253
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Using National Statistics to Increase Transparency of Large Land Acquisition : Evidence from Ethiopia

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