Time to let go of CARP? Not so fast

Toby C. Monsod and Sharon A. Piza
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Toby C. Monsod: UP School of Economics
Sharon A. Piza: Asian Development Bank

Philippine Review of Economics, 2014, vol. 51, issue 1, 19-27

Abstract: We review the data being used to argue that the PhilippinesÕÊcomprehensive agrarian reform program (CARP) has failedÊin economic terms. We find that important statistics andÊeconometric results from cited references have been eitherÊmisinterpreted or used to make invalid comparisons. A moreÊcareful reading of the data shows that productivity for all fourÊmajor crops under land reform rose more in agrarian reformÊcommunities than elsewhere, poverty incidence declined moreÊin agrarian reform communities than in non-agrarian reformÊcommunities, and being an agrarian reform beneficiary orÊresiding in an agrarian reform community has positive effects onÊper capita income. In short, the case that carp has failed or isÊredistributing poverty was not made.

Keywords: agrarian reform; agricultural productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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