Seductions of an Underdevelopment Trap: Systemic Impediments to Agricultural Reform in Russia

July 1, 2002

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Dmitry Gershenson, and Maria Amelina. Seductions of an Underdevelopment Trap: Systemic Impediments to Agricultural Reform in Russia, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2002) accessed December 30, 2024

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Summary

Despite ambitious agricultural reforms initiated by the federal government, inefficient and unprofitable producers predominate in post-Soviet Russia. However, in some regions a more robust restructuring has taken place. Observing two Russian regions-one with substantially restructured agricultural production, and one in which Soviet-style coordination predominates-we develop a model of the interactions between political and economic incentives that lead to these divergent outcomes. The model identifies region- and sector-specific characteristics that encourage some regional governments to maintain Soviet-style redistribution structures and make producers forsake more efficient outcomes as more costly, while encouraging other regions to pursue reform.

Subject: Agricultural policy, Agricultural production, Agricultural sector, Economic sectors, Expenditure, Government subsidies, National accounts, Personal income, Production

Keywords: Agricultural policy, Agricultural production, Agricultural sector, Agriculture, B. government policy, Collective farms, Global, Government subsidies, Government subsidy, Personal income, Russian Federation, Saratov government, Survival probability, Transition, Underdevelopment trap, World value government support, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

35
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Series:

Working Paper No. 2002/126
Stock No:

WPIEA1262002
ISBN:

9781451854916
ISSN:

1018-5941

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