Abstract: The growth of rural land rental markets is often taken as a virtuous component of an African structural transformation process, by facilitating access to land by efficient but land-constrained farmers. Recent empirical work has generally supp... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Virtual Event: How do Informal Farmland Rental Markets Affect Smallholders’ Well-being? Evidence from a Matched Tenant-Landlord Survey in Malawi
Abstract: The study estimates the efficiency and equity returns to farmland rental markets in Malawi using a matched tenant–landlord survey of smallholder farm households in four districts. The sample allows to more fully observe the landlord side of t... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Virtual Brown Bag: 24 November, 2021: VILLAGE FAIRNESS NORMS AND LAND RENTAL MARKETS
Abstract This paper documents the role of village fairness norms in land markets. We establish a strong and robust relationship between experimentally elicited village-level fairness norms and land rental markets across 250 villages in Malawi. Stronger... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
