The Forgotten Property Rights: Evidence on Land Use Rights in Vietnam
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 39, Heft 5, S. 839-850
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 39, Heft 5, S. 839-850
In: World Development DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.09.016
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In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Band 92, Heft 4, S. 1136-1148
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In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics 92(4):1136-1148. DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aaq043 (2010)
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In: Markussen , T , Tarp , F & Van Den Broeck , K 2009 ' The Forgotten Property Rights : Restrictions on Land Use in Vietnam ' Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen .
Studies of land property rights usually focus on tenure security and transfer rights. Rights to determine how to use the land are regularly ignored. However, in transition economies such as Vietnam and China, user rights are often limited. Relying on a unique Vietnamese panel data set at both household and plot level, we show that crop choice restrictions are widespread and prevent crop diversification. Restrictions do not decrease household income, but restricted households work harder, and there are indications that they are supplied with higher quality inputs. Our findings are consistent with the view that the Vietnamese government has managed to intervene effectively in agricultural (rice) production to promote output and food security. At the same time, it is now time to carefully consider the potential benefits of a more diversified crop pattern.
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In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics 12/2012; 94(4):854-872. DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aas022
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In: Review of Income and Wealth, Band 58, Heft 4, S. 742-763
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In: Journal of Globalization and Development 08/2011; 2(1):6-6. DOI: 10.2202/1948-1837.1058
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In: UNU-WIDER 01/2010; WP/98.
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In: Journal of international development: the journal of the Development Studies Association, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 37-55
ISSN: 1099-1328
AbstractThis paper uses two industrial firm surveys to identify the key determinants of credit demand in Mozambican manufacturing. We construct five different measures of being credit constrained and estimate desired debt demand. Besides firm size and ownership structure, we find evidence that general manager education and business association membership are associated with whether a firm is credit constrained or not. Using our preferred measure of credit constraint suggests that around 43 per cent of the firms surveyed are constrained, and these enterprises would almost triple their debt burden if borrowing constraints were relaxed. © 2016 The Authors. Journal of International Development published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 35, Heft 7, S. 1237-1258
In: Environment and development economics, Band 15, Heft 1
ISSN: 1469-4395
In: Environment and development economics, Band 15, Heft 1, S. 81-105
ISSN: 1469-4395
ABSTRACTThis paper assesses the implications of large-scale investments in biofuels for growth and income distribution. We find that biofuels investment enhances growth and poverty reduction despite some displacement of food crops by biofuels. Overall, the biofuel investment trajectory analyzed increases Mozambique's annual economic growth by 0.6 percentage points and reduces the incidence of poverty by about 6 percentage points over a 12-year phase-in period. Benefits depend on production technology. An outgrower approach to producing biofuels is more pro-poor, due to the greater use of unskilled labor and accrual of land rents to smallholders, compared with the more capital-intensive plantation approach. Moreover, the benefits of outgrower schemes are enhanced if they result in technology spillovers to other crops. These results should not be taken as a green light for unrestrained biofuels development. Rather, they indicate that a carefully designed and managed biofuels policy holds the potential for substantial gains.
In: Newman , C , Narciso , G , Tarp , F & Vu Xuan Nguyet , H 2009 ' The Role of Technology, Investment and Ownership Structure in the Productivity Performance of the Manufacturing Sector in Vietnam ' Dublin, Ireland .
This paper explores the productivity performance of the manufacturing sector in Vietnam between 2001 and 2007. Total Factor Productivity indices are computed using an index number approach and the productivity performance of manufacturing sub-sectors is analysed. We find that productivity increases in almost all sectors and that for many sectors the dispersion in productivity is declining over time. However, for the most productive sectors the gap is widening suggesting that productivity is being driven by the most productive enterprises getting better, leaving the least productive behind. The empirical analysis reveals investment and technology usage as important determinants of enterprise productivity levels. Specifically, higher levels of productivity are found in foreign- and state-owned enterprises, driven almost entirely by higher levels of investment and technology usage. Our results provide a strong quantitative basis in support of ongoing government initiatives aimed at encouraging investment in technology and innovation. They also point to the clear need for such initiatives to be complemented by measures to provide a more balanced distribution of investment, such that a level playing field is created for the different types of enterprises.
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