10. Agrarian reform in Russia: the case of Pskov, Orel and Rostov oblasts

Wehrheim, Peter; Spoor, Max

doi:10.3362/9781780445441.010

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“…Regardless of the farm structure that is emerging, from Russia (Wehrheim 1997) to Bulgaria the institutions needed to support agricultural development and reduce rural poverty have not been put in place. Land ownership has not been privatized nor has land been 'commercialized' and consequently land markets have not been able to play an allocative function.…”

Section: Former Soviet Bloc Countries: Agricultural Involution and Thmentioning

confidence: 99%

Poverty and the Distribution of Land

Griffin¹,

Khan²,

Ickowitz³

2002

Journal of Agrarian Change

234

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Redistributive land reforms have begun to attract the attention of scholars and policy makers once again. In this paper, we review old arguments and bring them up-to-date in the light of recent research. We begin with the case in favour of redistributive reforms focusing on fragmented factor markets and systems of labour control, of which concentration of land ownership is but one aspect. We then examine land reform in practice, focusing on distinct regional features and outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, the transition economies of the former Soviet bloc and, as examples of success, East Asia (including China and Vietnam). Next we discuss the macroeconomic context and the two-way direction of causality between a redistribution of productive assets and the overall performance of the economy. We underline the importance of weakening the system of labour control, eliminating landlord bias and correcting urban bias. Finally, we argue that a prominent feature of all successful land reforms has been a high degree of land confiscation; full compensation and various types of 'market friendly' land reform are unlikely to be successful.

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Section: Former Soviet Bloc Countries: Agricultural Involution and Thmentioning

confidence: 99%