Title Rural transition in Azerbaijan / Zvi Lerman and David Sedik

Published Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2010

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 187 p.) Series Rural economies in transition Rural economies in transition. Contents Azerbaijan : the country and the people -- Policy and agricultural development in Azerbaijan : a 40-year perspective -- The design and implementation of land reform -- Outcomes of reform : transition to individual farming and sector recovery -- Outcomes of reform : rural incomes and poverty -- Conclusion : looking beyond agrarian reform in Azerbaijan Summary In 1995D96 the President of Azerbaijan, Heydar Alieyev, launched a program of agrarian reforms that caused a sweeping and irreversible shift from Soviet-style collective agriculture to individual farming in his country. These reforms led to an impressive recovery and substantial productivity improvements in agriculture. The agrarian transition in Azerbaijan contrasts with that in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan, where land privatization has been accompanied by policies encouraging the persistence of large corporate farms and where agricultural recovery has been much less impressive. For this reason Azerbaijan is today viewed as one of the few examples of successful land reform in the former Soviet Union. The impact of the Aliyev agrarian reforms went far beyond the recovery of agricultural production. The new policies had a significant impact on rural poverty and they were instrumental in increasing the incomes of Azerbaijan's large rural population, which relies on agriculture for a substantial part of the family budget. To understand the successes and limitations of land reform, Rural Transition in Azerbaijan evaluates the record of rural reforms, focusing on policy change, farm level performance, and the impact of reforms on rural incomes and rural family well-being-issues that today are at the core of the agenda in many international organizations Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Land reform -- Azerbaijan Agriculture and state -- Azerbaijan Rural development -- Azerbaijan Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Azerbaijan Poverty -- Azerbaijan BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. Agriculture and state Agriculture -- Economic aspects Economic history Land reform Politics and government Poverty Rural conditions Rural development Agrarreform Landwirtschaftsentwicklung SUBJECT Azerbaijan -- Rural conditions Azerbaijan -- Politics and government -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94005367 Azerbaijan -- Economic conditions -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003001562 Subject Azerbaijan Aserbaidschan Form Electronic book Author Sedik, David J LC no. 2021678523 ISBN 9780739143186 1282505408 9781282505407 9786612505409 6612505400 0739143182

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