Market and non-market transfers of land in Ethiopia - implications for efficiency, equity, and non-farm development

Klaus Deininger, Songqing Jin, Berhanu Adenew, Samuel Gebre-Selassie and Mulat Demeke

No 2992, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: The authors use data from Ethiopia to empirically assess determinants of participation in land rental markets, compare these to those of administrative land reallocation, and make inferences on the likely impact of households'expectations regarding future redistribution. Results indicate that rental markets outperform administrative reallocation in terms of efficiency and poverty. Households who have part-time jobs in the off-farm sector are significantly more likely to expect land to be taken away from them through administrative means. Eliminating the scope for administrative land reallocation may thus be a precondition for more vigorous development of the off-farm sector.

Keywords: Environmental Economics&Policies; Municipal Housing and Land; Banks&Banking Reform; Land Use and Policies; Real Estate Development; Environmental Economics&Policies; Banks&Banking Reform; Rural Land Policies for Poverty Reduction; Land Use and Policies; Municipal Housing and Land (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-03-31
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