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Land Reform and Agricultural Reform Policies in Romania's Transition to the Market Economy

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  • PAUL DRAGOS ALIGICA
  • ADINA DABU

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This article explores in depth the key legislative and policy elements of the Romanian agrarian reform, surveys their historical and social context, articulates the ideas and beliefs that guided them, and assesses their success and repercussions. This detailed overview reveals that above and beyond any structural constraints, legacies of the past, or interest group pressures, the relative failure of the Romanian agriculture reform could be largely traced to a set of assumptions and beliefs that inspired the policymakers in charge of the process: (a) The erroneous assumption that land restitution and private ownership of the land could by themselves solve the problems of low productivity; (b) the paradoxical resilience of the idea that large farm size was the ideal form of organization of production in agriculture; (c) the misplaced belief that rural markets were to emerge naturally as a result of the reintroduction of private property rights over land; and (d) the notion that agricultural policies can be designed in isolation from the overall development of the other sectors of the economy.

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  • Paul Dragos Aligica & Adina Dabu, 2003. "Land Reform and Agricultural Reform Policies in Romania's Transition to the Market Economy," Eastern European Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(5), pages 49-69, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:eaeuec:v:41:y:2003:i:5:p:49-69
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    1. Constantin Postoiu & Ionuț Bușega, 2015. "Romania's Agriculture and its Role in the Convergence Process," Global Economic Observer, "Nicolae Titulescu" University of Bucharest, Faculty of Economic Sciences;Institute for World Economy of the Romanian Academy, vol. 3(1), pages 33-43, May.
    2. Maria Magdalena TUREK RAHOVEANU & Luxita RISNOVEANU, 2017. "Sustainable Rural Development through Promoting Non-Agricultural Activities," Risk in Contemporary Economy, "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, pages 423-433.
    3. Virchenko Oleksandr V., 2013. "State Regulation of Land Relations under Conditions of Formation of the Market of Agricultural Land," Business Inform, RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS of NAS (KHARKIV, UKRAINE), Kharkiv National University of Economics, issue 10, pages 207-211.
    4. P. Sklenicka & J. Hladík & F. Střeleček & B. Kottová & J. Lososová & L. Číhal & M. Šálek, 2009. "Historical, environmental and socio-economic driving forces on land ownership fragmentation, the land consolidation effect and project costs," Agricultural Economics, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 55(12), pages 571-582.
    5. Alboiu, Cornelia, 2009. "Romanian Agriculture From Survival To Business," Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Institute of Agricultural Economics, vol. 6(1), pages 79-90.
    6. Sergiu Țâra, 2020. "Romanian agrarian structure after thirty years," Journal of Community Positive Practices, Catalactica NGO, issue 4, pages 3-24.
    7. Maria Magdalena TUREK RAHOVEANU & Luxita RISNOVEANU, 2017. "Sustainable Rural Development through Promoting Non-Agricultural Activities," Proceedings RCE 2017, Editura Lumen, vol. 0, pages 423-433, November.

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