TY  - WP
AU  - Hogeun Park
AU  - Selod,H.
AU  - Murray,S.
AU  - Chellaraj,G.
TI  - Geography, institutions, and global cropland dynamics
T2  - Policy Research Working Paper
PY  - 2022///
CY  - [Place of publication not identified]
PB  - World Bank
KW  - Land Use
KW  - AGROVOC
KW  - Cultivated land
KW  - Land degradation
KW  - Land governance
N2  - The paper studies the dynamics of agricultural land use at the global scale as measured from space using satellite imagery between 2003 and 2018. It shows large global movements in and out of cropland and correlates these movements with biophysical, economic, and institutional variables. The empirical identification of these effects relies on a two-stage approach that disentangles the effect of local geography from national-level characteristics. The paper finds that weak land governance, inequality, and pressure on land resources contribute to land degradation but are less able to explain movements into cropland which could more likely reflect national policies
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10078
ER  -