Does Rising Landlessness Signal Success or Failure for Vietnam’s Agrarian Transition?

van de Walle, Dominique ; Ravallion, Martin

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: AGGREGATE POVERTY;    AGRARIAN REFORM;    AGRARIAN STRUCTURE;    AGRICULTURAL GROWTH;    AGRICULTURAL LAND;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-3871
RP-ID  :  WPS3871

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

In the wake of reforms to establish a free market in land-use rights, Vietnam is experiencing a pronounced rise in rural landlessness. To some observers this is a harmless by-product of a more efficient economy, while to others it signals the return of the pre-socialist class-structure, with the rural landless at the bottom of the economic ladder.The authors' theoretical model suggests that removing restrictions on land markets will increase landlessness among the poor, but that there will be both gainers and losers, with uncertain impacts on aggregate poverty. Empirically, they find that landlessness is less likely for the poor and that the observed rise in landlessness is poverty reducing on balance.However, there are marked regional differences, notably between the north and the south.