Land in transition : reform and poverty in rural Vietnam / Martin Ravallion, Dominique van de Walle.
This book is a case study of Vietnam's efforts to fight poverty using market-oriented land reforms. In the 1980s and 1990s, the country undertook major institutional reforms, and an impressive reduction in poverty followed. But what role did the reforms play? Did the efficiency gains from refor...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | Equity and development series.
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| Online Access: | Click for online access |
| Summary: | This book is a case study of Vietnam's efforts to fight poverty using market-oriented land reforms. In the 1980s and 1990s, the country undertook major institutional reforms, and an impressive reduction in poverty followed. But what role did the reforms play? Did the efficiency gains from reform come at a cost to equity? Were there both winners and losers? Was rising rural landlessness in the wake of reforms a sign of success or failure?Land in Transition investigates the impacts on living standards of the two stages of land law reform: in 1988, when land was allocated to households administra. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 203 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-191) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780821372760 0821372769 |
| Language: | English. |