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The de-collectivization of Vietnamese agriculture was a crucial step in the country's transition to a market economy. The assignment of land-use rights had to be decentralized, and local cadres ostensibly had the power to capture this process. We assess the realized land allocation against explicit counter-factuals, including the allocation implied by a competitive market-based privatization. Depending on the region, we find that 95-99% of maximum aggregate consumption was realized by a land allocation that generated lower inequality overall, with the poorest absolutely better off. We attribute this outcome to initial conditions at the time of reform and actions by the center to curtail the power of local elites.
Authors
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Martin Ravallion
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Dominique van de Walle van de Walle
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- IFS
Suggested citation
Ravallion, M and van de Walle, D. (2003). Land Allocation in Vietnam's Agrarian Transition; Part 1: Breaking up the Collective Farms. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/land-allocation-vietnams-agrarian-transition-part-1-breaking-collective-farms (accessed: 30 June 2024).
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