Land reform and farm restructuring in transition countries : the experience of Bulgaria, Moldova, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan / Nora Dudwick, Karin Fock, David Sedik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dudwick, Nora.

Contributor:

Fock, Karin.

Sedik, David J.

Series:

World Bank working paper 1726-5878 ; no. 104.

World Bank working paper, 1726-5878 ; no. 104

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land reform--Former Soviet republics.

Land reform.

Agriculture and state--Former Soviet republics.

Agriculture and state.

Land reform--Bulgaria.

Land reform--Moldova.

Land reform--Azerbaijan.

Land reform--Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan.

Azerbaijan.

Moldova.

Bulgaria.

Physical Description:

xviii, 87 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : World Bank, 2007.

Summary:

Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Transition Countries is part of the World Bank Working Paper series. These papers are published to communicate the results of the Bank's ongoing research and to stimulate public discussion. In the past fifteen years, most countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States have shifted from predominantly collective to more individualized agriculture. These years also have witnessed the largest fall in agricultural production, yields, and rural employment on record, while the deterioration and dissolution of collective and state farms have been accompanied by a significant drop in rural public services. This paper on land reform and farm restructuring does not offer a complete impact analysis of land reform policies, but it does provide a structured and comparative review of important aspects of land reform, and it documents important differences in policies between countries to examine why the reforms have not yet lived up to their potential. This paper is based on data from farm and household surveys and interviews conducted in 2003 and 2004. Case studies from Bulgaria, Moldova, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan-countries that have had particular difficulties in land reform, farm restructuring, farm performance, or rural poverty-each highlight a central conundrum about land reform and farm restructuring. The paper concludes with some implications for policy.

Contents:

Bulgaria: with good overall prospects, good agricultural policy, and good governance indicators, why are Bulgarian rural households so badly off?

Moldova: with a well-designed land reform shaped greatly by donors, why have farms in Moldova not performed better?

Azerbaijan: with some of the poorest governance indicators in the CIS, how did Azerbaijan implement a land reform that was viewed by farmers as quite fair and that led to a substantial increase in productivity?

Kazakhstan: why does Kazakhstan have surprising results from a poor reform?

General conclusions and implications for policy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-87).

ISBN:

9780821370889

082137088X

9780821370896

0821370898

OCLC:

150435258