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Impact of Land Reform Strategies on Rural Poverty in the Commonwealth of Independent States

Comparison between Georgia and Moldova

by Kerstin Kötschau (Author)
©2012 Thesis XIII, 225 Pages

Summary

This study aimed at analysing the impact of two different land reform strategies on rural poverty in CIS countries, particularly in Georgia and Moldova. While Georgia distributed agricultural land parcels directly to the population at the beginning of the 1990ies, Moldova transferred land via paper shares for undemarcated land parcels. This study is based on household data, which were collected during household surveys in Georgia and Moldova in 2007 and 2008. The data had been used in order to analyse the impact of land reform on the endowment with land and other capital, the use of capital and the access to markets and credits as well as the importance of agricultural employment for rural households. A logit analysis had been run in order to detect the determinants of poverty.

Details

Pages
XIII, 225
Publication Year
2012
ISBN (PDF)
9783653013993
ISBN (Hardcover)
9783631623213
DOI
10.3726/978-3-653-01399-3
Language
English
Publication date
2012 (April)
Keywords
Landreform GUS Staaten Armut farm restructuring household survey agriculture
Published
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2012. XXII, 225 pp., 33 tables, 24 graphs

Biographical notes

Kerstin Kötschau (Author)

Kerstin Kötschau studied agricultural economics at the University of Giessen. From 2005 to 2009 she worked at the Center for International Development and Environmental Research (ZEU) in Giessen where she was the coordinator of an international research project on land reform strategies in Georgia and Moldova.

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Title: Impact of Land Reform Strategies on Rural Poverty in the Commonwealth of Independent States