Using National Statistics to Increase Transparency of Large Land Acquisition: Evidence from Ethiopia

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.12.027

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Using National Statistics to Increase Transparency of Large Land Acquisition: Evidence from Ethiopia

dc.contributor.author	Ali, Daniel Ayalew
dc.contributor.author	Deininger, Klaus
dc.date.accessioned	2018-01-29T19:43:46Z
dc.date.available	2018-01-29T19:43:46Z
dc.date.issued	2017-05
dc.description.abstract	Almost a decade after the rise in land demand triggered by the 2007/08 commodity price boom, most potential target countries still lack access to relevant information on a routine basis. This has reduced their ability to effectively regulate, monitor, and attract responsible investors rather than speculators in their effort to increase agricultural productivity and have benefits accrue to the host communities. The example of Ethiopia shows how building on existing data collection efforts allows to address this challenge and help formulate policies that guide the path forward. Using the 2013/14 nationally representative smallholder and commercial farm surveys, we find that (i) for most crops commercial farms’ yields are higher than smallholders’, with a peak in the 10–20-ha bracket; (ii) commercial farms create few permanent jobs (with just one permanent job per 20 ha) and use only 55% of the land transferred to them; and (iii) after a peak in 2008, formation of new commercial farms is down to the pre-2007 levels. These findings imply that having reliable data on commercial farms, collected on regular intervals, could generate feedback loops for policy formulation and also provide vital information to assess and take regulatory actions aimed at improving the performance and attracting higher levels of investment to the sector.	en
dc.identifier.citation	World Development
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/29253
dc.identifier.issn	0305-750X
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/29253
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subject	LAND ADMINISTRATION
dc.subject	LAND ACQUISITION
dc.subject	TRANSPARENCY
dc.subject	AGRIBUSINESS
dc.subject	JOB CREATION
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	COMMODITY PRICES
dc.subject	SPECULATION
dc.title	Using National Statistics to Increase Transparency of Large Land Acquisition	en
dc.title.subtitle	Evidence from Ethiopia	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.type	Article de journal	fr
dc.type	Artículo de revista	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.associatedcontent	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X1530190X Journal website (version of record)	en
okr.associatedcontent	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/22219 Working paper version (pre-print)	en
okr.crossref.title	Using National Statistics to Increase Transparency of Large Land Acquisition: Evidence from Ethiopia
okr.date.disclosure	2019-01-17
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.externalcontent	External Content
okr.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.12.027
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/29253
okr.identifier.report	123228
okr.journal.nbpages	62-74
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.country	Ethiopia
okr.topic	Communities and Human Settlements::Land Administration
okr.topic	Communities and Human Settlements::Land Information Systems
okr.topic	Communities and Human Settlements::Land Use and Policies
okr.topic	Private Sector Development::Land and Real Estate Development
okr.topic	Rural Development::Rural Land Policies for Poverty Reduction
okr.unit	DECAR
okr.volume	93
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