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Social Assessment and Agriculture Reform in Central Asia and Turkey

A. Kudat, S. Peabody and C. Keyder

Working Papers from World Bank - Technical Papers

Abstract: The transformation of Central and Eastern European agriculture started almost a decade ago. Looking back, it can be seen that the countries concerned made the right choice in setting their overall goals and policies for transition to a market economy, but the social costs have been high. Under the present economic and political conditions in the region, there is no alternative to the creation of a market economy based on private ownership. However, given the developments of the past eight years, it is clear that the initial expectations for transformation were overly optimistic and the transition process is far more complicated and complex than anyone imagined in 1991. The region's agrarian economy is still struggling to adjust to economic reality. This volume presents a fascinating overview of social assessments carried out in Central Asia and Turkey as they relate to the preparation of World Bank agricultural projects designed to support the transition of agriculture from a socialist, or semi-feudal, system to a modern market-conforming system.

Keywords: LAND REFORM; AGRICULTURE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O50 O53 Q10 Q15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 302 pages
Date: 2000
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