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Competing for Coffee Space: Development-Induced Displacement in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

Authors :
Doutriaux, Sylvie
Geisler, Charles
Shively, Gerald
Source :
Rural Sociology; Dec2008, Vol. 73 Issue 4, p528-554, 27p, 3 Charts, 4 Graphs, 1 Map
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

Vietnam has emerged as the world's second largest producer of coffee. The benefits of this expanding coffee economy are substantial but not universal; their distribution follows ethnic lines despite government commitment to equalize welfare. Focusing on Dak Lak Province in Vietnam's Central Highlands, we investigate this commercial transformation and the ''competition for coffee space'' that it has occasioned. Combined ethnohistory and household income analyses suggest markedly different benefits between native and non-native ethnic groups, despite generally larger landholdings among the former. We interpret these finding through the conceptual lens of in-situ development-induced displacement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00360112
Volume :
73
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Rural Sociology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
35228299
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1526/003601108786471422