Land Fragmentation, Cropland Abandonment, and Land Market Operation in Albania
Albania's radical farmland distribution is credited with averting an economic crisis and social unrest during the transition. But many believe it led to a holding structure too fragmented to be efficient, and that public efforts to consolidate...
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okr-10986-60342021-04-23T14:02:24Z Land Fragmentation, Cropland Abandonment, and Land Market Operation in Albania Deininger, Klaus Savastano, Sara Carletto, Calogero ACCESS TO INFORMATION AGRARIAN REFORM AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE BANKS BEST USE CONSOLIDATION CROPS CULTIVATED LAND CULTIVATION DECENTRALIZATION DRAINAGE ECONOMETRIC EVIDENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION EMPLOYMENT EQUALIZATION EQUIPMENT EXTENSION EXTERNALITIES FARM SIZE FARM STRUCTURES FARMERS FARMLAND FARMS FOOD PRODUCTION GENDER HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING INCOMES INSURANCE INTEGRATION IRRIGATED LAND LABOR MARKETS LAND ACQUISITION LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND BANKING LAND CONSOLIDATION LAND LEASING LAND MARKETS LAND OWNERS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PRICES LAND QUALITY LAND REFORM LAND RENTAL LAND SALES LAND SPECULATION LAND TAXES LAND TENURE LAND TRANSFERS LAND USE LAND VALUES LANDLORDS LEASES LEGAL FRAMEWORK LIVESTOCK MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MARKETING MIGRATION PENSIONS POINTS PRESENT VALUE PRIVATE OWNERSHIP PRIVATE PROPERTY PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROFITABILITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC LAND REAL PROPERTY RENTS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETIREMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL PROPERTY SITES SOIL QUALITY TENANTS TOT TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT URBAN GROWTH VETERINARY SERVICES WAGES Albania's radical farmland distribution is credited with averting an economic crisis and social unrest during the transition. But many believe it led to a holding structure too fragmented to be efficient, and that public efforts to consolidate plots are needed to lay the foundation for greater rural productivity. This paper uses farm-level data from the 2005 Albania Living Standards Measurement Survey to explore this quantitatively. The analysis finds no support for the argument that fragmentation reduces productivity. However, producers fail to utilize about 10 percent of the country's productive land, and, in the majority of cases, this land has been idle for at least five years. Farmers quote inefficiently-small plots as the reason for this in few cases, casting doubt on the scope for land consolidation to solve this issue. Instead, the data are consistent with the notion of land market imperfections, which can be traced to gaps in the legal and policy framework, as well as inefficiencies in registry operations, leading to land abandonment on a large scale. To maintain the productive potential of Albania's rural economy and, if and when needed, the ability to conduct consolidation in a cost-effective and sustainable manner, it will be critical to complement the emphasis on consolidation with an effort to address those gaps and inefficiencies on a priority basis. 2012-04-27T07:44:09Z 2012-04-27T07:44:09Z 2012-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/04/16216522/land-fragmentation-cropland-abandonment-land-market-operation-albania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6034 English Policy Research Working Paper ; No. 6032 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Eastern Europe Albania |
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Albania's radical farmland
distribution is credited with averting an economic crisis
and social unrest during the transition. But many believe it
led to a holding structure too fragmented to be efficient,
and that public efforts to consolidate plots are needed to
lay the foundation for greater rural productivity. This
paper uses farm-level data from the 2005 Albania Living
Standards Measurement Survey to explore this quantitatively.
The analysis finds no support for the argument that
fragmentation reduces productivity. However, producers fail
to utilize about 10 percent of the country's productive
land, and, in the majority of cases, this land has been idle
for at least five years. Farmers quote inefficiently-small
plots as the reason for this in few cases, casting doubt on
the scope for land consolidation to solve this issue.
Instead, the data are consistent with the notion of land
market imperfections, which can be traced to gaps in the
legal and policy framework, as well as inefficiencies in
registry operations, leading to land abandonment on a large
scale. To maintain the productive potential of
Albania's rural economy and, if and when needed, the
ability to conduct consolidation in a cost-effective and
sustainable manner, it will be critical to complement the
emphasis on consolidation with an effort to address those
gaps and inefficiencies on a priority basis. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Deininger, Klaus Savastano, Sara Carletto, Calogero |
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Deininger, Klaus Savastano, Sara Carletto, Calogero |
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Deininger, Klaus |
| title |
Land Fragmentation, Cropland
Abandonment, and Land Market Operation in Albania |
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Land Fragmentation, Cropland
Abandonment, and Land Market Operation in Albania |
| title_full |
Land Fragmentation, Cropland
Abandonment, and Land Market Operation in Albania |
| title_fullStr |
Land Fragmentation, Cropland
Abandonment, and Land Market Operation in Albania |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Land Fragmentation, Cropland
Abandonment, and Land Market Operation in Albania |
| title_sort |
land fragmentation, cropland
abandonment, and land market operation in albania |
| publisher |
World Bank, Washington, DC |
| publishDate |
2012 |
| url |
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/04/16216522/land-fragmentation-cropland-abandonment-land-market-operation-albania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6034 |
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