Land Sales and Rental Markets in Transition

Land Sales and Rental Markets in Transition
Author: Klaus W. Deininger
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2003
Genre: Land tenure
ISBN:

The extent to which households should be allowed to transfer their land rights in post-socialist transition economies is of considerable policy interest. The authors use data from Vietnam, a transition country that allows rental and sales of land use rights, to identify factors conducive to the development of land markets and to assess the extent to which land transfers enhance productive efficiency and transfer land to the poor. They find that activity in both rental and sales markets has increased rapidly, enhanced by the possession of long-term use rights and off-farm employment, and contributing to greater equity and efficiency of land use. While there is evidence for distress sales by households that experience a shock (death), the scope for such sales is reduced by well-functioning credit markets. Well-defined land rights and appropriate safety nets will thus help transition economies to realize the benefits from the operation of land markets.

Determinants and Consequences of Land Sales Market Participation: Panel Evidence from India

Determinants and Consequences of Land Sales Market Participation: Panel Evidence from India
Author: Klaus Deininger
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 29
Release: 2007
Genre: Banks and Banking Reform
ISBN:

Abstract: Although opinions on impacts of land market transfers are sharply divided, few studies explore the welfare and productivity effects of land markets on a larger scale. This paper uses a large Indian panel spanning almost 20 years, together with a climatic shock (rainfall) indicator, to assess the productivity and equity effects of market-mediated land transfers (sale and purchase) compared with non-market ones (inheritance). The analysis shows that frequent shocks increase land market activity, an effect that is mitigated by the presence of safety nets and banks. Land sales markets improved productivity and helped purchasers, many of whom were formerly landless, to accumulate non-land assets and significantly enhance their welfare.

China's Housing Reform and Outcomes

China's Housing Reform and Outcomes
Author: Joyce Yanyun Man
Publisher: Lincoln Inst of Land Policy
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2011
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781558442115

This in-depth volume explains China's residential construction boom and reviews how some established trends are likely to challenge its housing market in coming years. It draws on household surveys and public data in China and provides important lessons about housing policy for China and other countries.

Author:
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 39
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 0510201857

Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Rural Land Rental Restrictions: Evidence from India

Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Rural Land Rental Restrictions: Evidence from India
Author: Klaus Deininger
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2007
Genre: Access to information
ISBN:

Recognition of the potentially deleterious implications of inequality in opportunity originating in a skewed asset distribution has spawned considerable interest in land reforms. However, little attention has been devoted to the fact that, in the longer-term, the measures used to implement land reforms, especially rental restrictions, could negatively affect productivity. Use of state level data on rental restrictions, together with a nationally representative survey from India suggests that, contrary to original intentions, rental restrictions negatively affect productivity and equity by reducing scope for efficiency-enhancing rental transactions that benefit poor producers. Simulations suggest that, by doubling the number of producers with access to land through rental, from about 15 million currently, liberalization of rental markets could have far-reaching impacts.

Hunger and Markets

Hunger and Markets
Author: United Nations World Food Programme
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2012-05-04
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1136563504

Hunger and Markets is the third volume of the UN World Food Programme's World Hunger Series - created to help promote a better understanding of the choices confronting leaders as they work to fight hunger. It appears at a crucial time, with food prices at high levels, a severe global financial crisis and vulnerable households around the world endangering their future health, education and productivity by reducing both the quality and the quantity of their food intake. Hunger and Markets explores the complex and multifaceted interactions between the availability of and access to food and the operations of markets. The structure and dynamics of food markets and the threats and opportunities markets generate are crucial for the access to food for billions of people. Markets are also critical in averting or mitigating food shortages and hunger by adjusting to shocks, reducing vulnerability and coping with crises. Whether markets help or harm the hungry poor is a function of markets' institutions, infrastructure and policies. This volume analyzes the workings of markets in order to identify the sources of market failures in addressing hunger and malnutrition, and to highlight the ways in which they can be improved. The report sets out the ways in which programme design and policy formulation can build on the strengths of markets to prevent possible negative effects, and will be essential reading for all those involved in the fight against world hunger. Published with World Food Programme

Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement in Vietnam

Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement in Vietnam
Author: Nguyen Quy Nghi
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2022-09-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000683427

This book explores the complex legal, cultural, economic and human rights issues associated with development-induced displacement and resettlement (DIDR) in Vietnam. As in many parts of the world, urban expansion and large-scale infrastructure projects in Vietnam often rely on forced land acquisition, which can result in the involuntary resettlement of households and entire communities. This book examines the adequacy of monetary and in-kind compensation and the support that resettlees need for successful integration into host communities and for sustainable livelihoods and improved well-being. It presents new paradigms and practices that place affected households at the centre of project planning and implementation to fully address the needs of the most vulnerable. This includes women, the elderly, and ethnic minority groups. Bringing together research evidence, practical experience, and insights of distinguished researchers, this book is the first to systematically examine DIDR in Vietnam, a single-party state seeking to balance state interests with the demands of investors and civil society for human rights and participation by affected people. Combining the latest evidence and research findings on development-induced displacement and resettlement in Vietnam with practical experiences in project implementation, this book will be a useful guide for researchers across development, migration, and Southeast Asian Studies, as well as practitioners and policy makers. Its lessons will also be relevant to other countries facing rapid development.

Hunger and Markets

Hunger and Markets
Author:
Publisher: Earthscan
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2009
Genre: Commerce
ISBN: 184407837X

First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Millions Fed

Millions Fed
Author: David J. Spielman
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 089629661X

Humanity has made enormous progress in the past 50 years toward eliminating hunger and malnutrition. Some five billion people--more than 80 percent of the world's population--have enough food to live healthy, productive lives. Agricultural development has contributed significantly to these gains, while also fostering economic growth and poverty reduction in some of the world's poorest countries.