Land Ownership Security and Farm Investment in Thailand

Feder, Gershon; Onchan, Tongroj

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“…Feder and Onchan 1987;Besley 1995;Alston et al 1996;Braselle et al 2002;Jacoby et al 2002;Carter and Olinto 2003;Jacoby and Mansuri 2008;Do and Iyer 2008;Markussen 2008;Hornbeck 2010). These papers generally struggle to deal with an important identification problem, namely the potential effect of unobserved plot characteristics, which affect property rights (e.g.…”

Section: Effects Of Land Titles On Agricultural Investmentmentioning

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Growth, Structural Transformation, and Rural Change in Viet Nam

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2017

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Development', would call some 15 years later for a data revolution for sustainable development post-2015 as follows:We also call for a data revolution for sustainable development, with a new international initiative to improve the quality of statistics and information available to citizens. We should actively take advantage of new technology, crowd sourcing, and improved connectivity to empower people with information on the progress towards the targets. (Chapter 4, Implementation, Accountability and Building Consensus, p. 21.) xvi As Director of the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) since 2009 and in this capacity in recent years as a member of the UN Task Team for the formulation of the post-2015 development agenda, I have come to appreciate these demands for international action. The HLP call for a data revolution is most pertinent, and I note that while substantial improvements in statistical systems have been registered in many developing countries over the past two decades, performance remains poor in far too many sectors and countries. The HLP notes, for example, that more than 40 countries lack sufficiently strong systems to properly track trends in poverty; and the panel also notes unsatisfactorily high time lags for reporting MDG (Millennium Development Goals) outcomes.Recently, large-scale revisions of GDP estimates in Ghana and Nigeria as well as elsewhere serve as reminders of broad-based weaknesses in statistical systems that persist across the developing world, including not only Africa but also the Asia-Pacific region. On this background-and recalling UNU-WIDER's long-standing expertise in innovation in data collection and analysis-leads me to strongly confirm the view that data will be at the centre of the development action post-2015.At the same time, while the logic of a concerted push towards a 'data revolution' is compelling, these calls are often rather fluffy-and it is indeed not entirely clear from ongoing debates that it is widely understood what such a revolution actually requires and means in concrete practice.The aims of this volume were formulated with these concerns in mind using Viet Nam as a case due to the concrete and unique, but coincidental, availability of the solid VARHS experience and panel data set. Furthermore, Viet Nam's contemporary similarities to a large number of developing economies make its experience and policy recommendations, based on analysis of microeconomic data, highly relevant for many regional and extraregional stakeholders. In fact, Viet Nam provides an exceptionally informative environment in which to observe and consider the economic and social mechanisms underlying: A rural economy in transformation,  The critical importance of key production factors and institutions, and  The complex set of welfare outcomes and distributional issues.These dimensions are therefore the three component parts of this volume, identifying throughout the associated policy challenges after setting the scene in the...

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Section: Effects Of Land Titles On Agricultural Investmentmentioning

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Growth, Structural Transformation, and Rural Change in Viet Nam

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2017

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“…In many areas, the procedures required to obtain institutional loans are time-consuming, both in terms of actual time spent by the farmers (obtaining appropriate documentation, filling forms, meeting relevant officials) and the time which elapses between loan application and credit approval (Feder et al, 1986). According to Yaron (1994), two problems in particular confront rural financial institutions: first, ensuring efficient and relatively low-cost operational procedures for screening borrowers, processing and monitoring loans, and mobilizing and servicing voluntary savings, and second, achieving adequate loan collection so that continued operations are feasible without constant reliance on state concessional funds or bailouts.…”

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Achieving improved financing for low-income producers in developing countries: The first set of approaches

Maiangwa¹

2013

Global Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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Poor people commonly have limited access to financial services. More specifically, micro entrepreneurs and small-scale business enterprises in developing countries have difficulties in obtaining financial assistance from banks and other financial institutions. Infact, studies have shown that most small enterprises start their lives without any institutional help. The entrepreneur usually obtains the small amount of finance he needs from his own savings or from his family. However, small enterprises find it difficult to grow without the opportunity to borrow from lending institutions. This paper reviews the first set of approaches for achieving improved access to financing for low-income producers in developing countries. For the poor with relatively fewer assets, improved access to finance allows them to manage risk and smooth consumption; finance technological and capital improvements and thereby raise productivity; acquire working capital to obtain inputs in a timely way; and take advantage of market opportunities that contribute to growth.

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“…Firstly, with regard to the effect of title on land investment, there is some consensus that there is a positive relationship. Thus it is generally agreed that title promotes land investment and increases land values (Alston, Libecap, & Mueller, 1999;Besley, 1995;Cantuarias & Delgado, 2004;Deininger & Chamorro, 2004;Durand-Lasserve & Selod, 2007;Feder & Feeny, 1991;Feder & Onchan, 1987;Field, 2003;Galiani & Schargrodsky, 2009;Kim, 2004;Lanjouw & Levy, 2002;Payne et al, 2007;Van Gelder, 2009). Less clear is whether having title increases perceptions of tenure security (see Razzaz, 1993 andSmith, 2003 for dissenting views).…”

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Property rights, real estate markets and poverty alleviation in Namibia's urban low income settlements

Mooya

Cloete

2010

Habitat International

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a b s t r a c tThis paper presents part results of case study research which investigated the relationship between property rights, real estate markets and poverty alleviation in Namibia's urban low income settlements. This paper addresses the study's two central questions: first, the question of whether real estate markets in the urban informal settlements of Namibia could be used to alleviate poverty or, to put it differently, create wealth, and second, to investigate whether types of property rights matter for engendering propoor outcomes in real estate markets. The study finds that real estate is indeed a major asset held by the respondents but that there was limited secondary market activity. The study finds that, by affecting perceptions of security and investment in housing, property rights matter for capital accumulation. The study concludes that there was limited potential to derive benefits from real estate markets in aid of capital accumulation in Namibia unless interventions are made to bring about increased trading activity.

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Land Ownership Security and Farm Investment in Thailand

Cited by 242 publications

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Growth, Structural Transformation, and Rural Change in Viet Nam

Growth, Structural Transformation, and Rural Change in Viet Nam

Achieving improved financing for low-income producers in developing countries: The first set of approaches

Property rights, real estate markets and poverty alleviation in Namibia's urban low income settlements

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