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Anjali Kumar, Nicholas Lardy, William Albrecht, Terry Chuppe, Susan Selwyn, Paula Perttunen, and Tao Zhang (Continued on the inside back cover) WORLD BANK DISCUSSION PAPER NO. 398 Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Moldova Progressand Prospects Zv Lerman CsabaCsaki VictorMoroz TheWorld Bank WashinSon,D.C. Copyright C 1998 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/THE WORLD BANK 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20433,U.S.A. All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing August 1998 Discussion Papers present results of country analysis or research that are circulated to encourage discussion and comment within the development community The typescript of this paper therefore has not been prepared in accordance with the procedures appropriate to formal printed texts, and the World Bank accepts no responsibility for errors. Some sources cited in this paper may be informal documents that are not readily available. 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Libraryof Congress Cataloging-in-PublicationData Lerman, Zvi, 1941- Land reform and farm restructuring in Moldova: progress and prospects / Zvi Lerman, Csaba Csaki, Victor Moroz. p. cm. - (World Bank discussion paper, ISSN 0259-210X;no. 398) Includes bibliographical references (p. ). ISBN0-82134317-3 1. Land reform-Moldova. 2. Agriculture-Economic aspects- Moldova. 3. Farms-Moldova. 4. Privatization-Moldova. I. Csaki, Csaba. II. Moroz, Victor, 1950- .III. Title. IV.Series: World Bank discussion papers; 398. HD1333.M629L47 1998 333.3'1476-dc2l 98-27897 CIP Contents Foreword ....................... ix Preface .. xi Abstract ....................... xv Executive Summary .. xvii Chapter 1 Privatization of Agriculture in Moldova: Main Findings. Chapter 2 Current State of Land Reform: National Overview ....................... 11 Chapter 3 The Legal Fiamework for Land Reform and Farm Restructuring ..... ....... 27 Chapter 4 Reorganization o:fLarge Collectives: A Break with Socialist Tradition? ...... 37 Chapter 5 Members of Large Collectives in the Midst of Reform .................... 57 Chapter 6 Peasant Farms: The Emergence of True Private Agriculture ..... ........... 69 Chapter 7 Rural Social Services in Transition ................................... 91 Selected References on Land Reform and Farm Restructuringin Transition Economies .. 95 List of Figures Figure I Annual Family Income: 1996 .............. ................. xviii Figure II Disposition of Land Shares ................................... xx Figure 1.1 Members' Assessment of Reorganization Outcomes ................ 4 Figure 1.2 Product Mix: Collectives and Private Farms ........ ............... 5 Figure 1.3 Commercial Orientation of Producers: Percentage of Output Sold and Consumed on Farm .................................... 6 Figure 1.4 Change of Family Situation Since Becoming a Farmer ...... ......... 9 Figure 1.5 Expected Changes of Family Situation in Next 2-3 Years ..... ....... 9 Figure 1.6 What the Family Income Buys? ................................. 9 Figure 2.1 Land Ownership ........................................ 13 Figure 2.2 Land Tenure by Sector: 1990-1997 ............................. 13 Figure 2.3 Gross Agricultural Product: 1990-1996 .......................... 21 Figure 2.4 Share of Individual Sector in Production ......................... 22 Figure