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The Origins and Influence of Land Property Rights in Vietnam
Author(s) -
Hare Denise
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
development policy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.671
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1467-7679
pISSN - 0950-6764
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2008.00413.x
Subject(s) - land law , property rights , land tenure , certificate , production (economics) , business , agricultural land , property (philosophy) , agriculture , agricultural productivity , security of tenure , land rights , law and economics , natural resource economics , economics , law , geography , political science , environmental planning , microeconomics , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology , algorithm , computer science
Vietnam's 1993 Land Law was intended not only to increase the security of farmers’usage rights to their land, but also to facilitate land transfers. Despite potential benefits, the actual issuance of land‐use rights certificates to farmers (as specified by the law) proceeded rather slowly in some regions. This article seeks to identify factors that explain the emergence of this form of property right as well as to measure its effect on agricultural production. The results suggest that the certificate's direct contribution may be rather small in the absence of the appropriate supporting conditions and institutions.