LAND REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL LAND MARKETS IN RUSSIA

Zvi Lerman () and Natalia Shagaida

No 15004, Discussion Papers from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management

Abstract: Russia has experienced dramatic changes in land ownership and land tenure since the dissolution of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991: agricultural land has been largely privatized, individual landowners now have legal rights to most agricultural land in the country, and previous prohibitions on buying and selling of land have been removed by recent laws. The necessary preconditions for the development of agricultural land markets have been met and we are beginning to witness transactions that involve individual landowners, and not only the state. However, further development of the embryonic land market is severely circumscribed by the inadequacy of the administrative and technical infrastructure. In this paper we discuss the dynamically evolving legal framework for land reform, consider the impacts of land reform on privatization and ownership structure of agricultural land, and analyze the development of land market transactions. The analysis is based on official statistical sources and the results of a questionnaire-based survey conducted by the authors in 2003 in three regions. The paper concludes with a review of the existing constraints on land transactions and some policy recommendations.

Keywords: International Development; Land Economics/Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32
Date: 2005
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Working Paper: Land Reform and Development of Agricultural Land Markets in Russia (2005)
Working Paper: Land Reform and Development of Agricultural Land Markets in Russia (2005)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.15004

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