Liberal land reform in Kazakhstan? The effect on land rental and credit markets | Land Portal

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Date of publication: 
February 2020
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ISBN / Resource ID: 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105285
Pages: 
15
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© 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd

This study analyses the effect of Kazakhstan’s 2003–2005 agricultural land reform on land rental and credit market participation. Although the reform declared an intention to facilitate efficient land alloca- tion, we observe a major land concentration. We analyze whether new land relations stimulated land sales and rental markets and made credit more accessible. Utilizing data from two independent surveys before and after private land ownership was introduced, we demonstrate that the reform did not affect the land sales market but reorganized the land-rental market in a top-down fashion with the state remaining the principal landlord. The reform did not achieve the goal of providing access to land for the more skilled producers and did little to facilitate the use of owned land as collateral. The reform achievements are modest and bolder steps will be necessary to improve the functioning of Kazakhstan’s agricultural land markets.

Authors and Publishers

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Vasyl Kvartiuk and Martin Petrick

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