Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-191) and index.
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Preface; About the Authors; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The Historical Context and Policy Debates; 3 Data and Summary Statistics; Figure 3.1 Frequency Distributions of Consumption, 1993 and 2004; Table 3.1 Variable Definitions and Descriptive Statistics, 1993; Table 3.2 Variable Definitions and Summary Statistics, 1993-98; Table 3.3 Poverty, Inequality, and Landholding Status in Rural Vietnam; Table 3.4 Poverty, Inequality, and Landholding Status, by Region; Figure 3.2 Lorenz Curves for Annual and Perennial Cropland in Rural Vietnam, 1993 and 2004.
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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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