The book demonstrates that reform policies_including privatization of land and the shift from collective to individual farming_have a significant impact on agricultural growth, rural incomes, and poverty alleviation. The analysis spans more than 40 years of agricultural and rural development in...

Introduction : how do we measure change in rural Russia? -- A macro-level view of change in the Russian countryside -- Central government reforms in agriculture -- Regional responses to reforms -- The transformation of Russian agriculture -- The adaptation of villages and households to the new...