LAND REFORM AND RURAL WELL BEING IN THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA: 1996-2003

Joseph Gogodze, Iddo Kan () and Ayal Kimhi

No 7168, Discussion Papers from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management

Abstract: Land reform was launched in the Republic of Georgia in 1992, about a year after the country gained its independence from the Soviet Union. While an impressive land individualization process has been in effect since then, the pace and the performance of this process are far from satisfactory. This is due to a combination of institutional and economic constraints. We use comparable survey data from 1996 and 2003 and show that the land reform has been progressing mainly through land leasing. This allows successful farm households to expand their farming operation and improve their well-being. Land documentation doesn’t seem to yield the expected results, and the blame may be on less than sufficient labor and credit opportunities. We conclude that there is scope for continuing the process of land reform in Georgia, but this has to be accompanied by measures to develop rural credit and labor markets.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26
Date: 2007
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/7168/files/dp070001.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:huaedp:7168

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.7168

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Discussion Papers from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().