Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/127935 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
PIDS Discussion Paper Series No. 2006-21
Publisher: 
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), Makati City
Abstract: 
This paper examines the effect of land reform and land transfer actions of farmer beneficiaries on land ownership concentration. A case study of two rice-growing villages was used to track down ownership changes over a period of time. Land reform has succeeded in the break up of huge estates in rice-growing villages but has not effectively improved land ownership concentration due to evasions tactics of landlords who have retained a significant portion of lands to the family through land schemes that are apparently legitimate under the land reform laws. Land transfer actions of farmer beneficiaries have not necessarily worsen the current land ownership concentration but in the absence of progressive land tax, these actions can lead to widening land concentration.
Subjects: 
land reform
land ownership concentration
land ownership consolidation
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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