Quantifying Spillover Effects from Large Land-based Investment: The Case of Mozambique

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.06.016

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Quantifying Spillover Effects from Large Land-based Investment: The Case of Mozambique

dc.contributor.author	Deininger, Klaus
dc.date.accessioned	2016-07-18T20:41:47Z
dc.date.available	2016-07-18T20:41:47Z
dc.date.issued	2016-07-04
dc.description.abstract	Almost a decade after a spike in land demand following the 2007–08 commodity boom, evidence on impacts of this phenomenon remains limited and mostly case study based. We show that information on location and start data of large farms, combined with existing smallholder farm surveys, allows to complement this with a difference-in-difference approach to systematically assess spillovers from large farm establishment. Illustrative application to Mozambique suggests positive short-term effects from newly established large farms on adoption of agricultural practices and input use by small farms less than 50 km from newly established large operations. Robustness checks for crop farms only also suggest job creation in the proximity of newly established crop, but not livestock farms. Yet, large farm establishment decreased perceived well-being within a 25-km band and, in the time horizon considered here, did not lead to better access to output markets, cultivation of larger areas or, once other factors are controlled for, higher yields. This allows us to reject the notion of negative spillovers from large farm establishment but casts doubt on the wisdom of large unconditional subsidies to attract investors. In addition to drawing policy conclusions for Mozambique, we highlight the methodology’s wider applicability and scope for expansion.	en
dc.identifier.citation	World Development
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/24709
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/24709
dc.language.iso	en_US
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	large farms
dc.subject	spillover effects
dc.subject	crop yields
dc.subject	farm investment
dc.subject	commodities
dc.title	Quantifying Spillover Effects from Large Land-based Investment	en
dc.title.subtitle	The Case of Mozambique	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.type	Article de journal	fr
dc.type	Artículo de revista	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.associatedcontent	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X15308226 Journal website (version of record)
okr.associatedcontent	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/22886 Working paper version (pre-print)
okr.crossref.title	Quantifying Spillover Effects from Large Land-based Investment: The Case of Mozambique
okr.date.disclosure	2018-07-04
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.externalcontent	External Content
okr.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.06.016
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/24709
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.country	Mozambique
okr.region.geographical	Sub-Saharan Africa
okr.topic	Agriculture::Agricultural Sector Economics
okr.topic	Agriculture::Agriculture & Farming Systems
okr.topic	Agriculture::Crops & Crop Management Systems
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Living Standards
okr.topic	Rural Development::Rural Land Policies for Poverty Reduction
okr.unit	Agriculture and Rural Development Team, Development Research Group (DECAR)
okr.volume	(Forthcoming 2016)
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