To Buy or Lease? Farm Revival in Eastern and Central Europe

Buying, selling and mortgaging farmland are still rare in Eastern and Central Europe. Not surprisingly, given the level of risk in many of these countries, short-term transactions, especially leasing, are more common. These short-term transactions...

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Main Author: Razzaz, Omar
Format: Viewpoint
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1995/09/441467/buy-or-lease-farm-revival-eastern-central-europe
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spelling okr-10986-116542021-04-23T14:02:56Z To Buy or Lease? Farm Revival in Eastern and Central Europe Razzaz, Omar ACCESS TO INFORMATION AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL BANKS COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYMENT FARMLAND FARMS INCOME INSURANCE LAND CLAIMS LAND MARKETS LAND RIGHTS LAND SALES LAND TITLING LAND TRANSFERS LAND VALUE LEASES LEASING MARKET VALUE MORTGAGE LOANS PRICE CEILINGS PRIVATE OWNERSHIP PRIVATIZATION PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC LAND REAL ESTATE RENTS SAVINGS SHARECROPPING TRANSITION ECONOMIES URBAN LAND FARM MANAGEMENT FARM SECTOR RENT LEASES PROPERTY RIGHTS LAND TITLES PRIVATE OWNERSHIP INFORMATION DISSEMINATION CADASTRAL SURVEYS Buying, selling and mortgaging farmland are still rare in Eastern and Central Europe. Not surprisingly, given the level of risk in many of these countries, short-term transactions, especially leasing, are more common. These short-term transactions do almost as well as land sales in allocating resources. Making them more secure by improving simple registration and enforcement systems and increasing public access to information on what is for rent and at what price would do much help revive the farm sector. 2012-08-13T15:38:38Z 2012-08-13T15:38:38Z 1995-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1995/09/441467/buy-or-lease-farm-revival-eastern-central-europe http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11654 English Viewpoint: Public Policy for the Private Sector; Note No. 52 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Viewpoint Publications & Research
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topic ACCESS TO INFORMATION
AGRICULTURE
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
EMPLOYMENT
FARMLAND
FARMS
INCOME
INSURANCE
LAND CLAIMS
LAND MARKETS
LAND RIGHTS
LAND SALES
LAND TITLING
LAND TRANSFERS
LAND VALUE
LEASES
LEASING
MARKET VALUE
MORTGAGE LOANS
PRICE CEILINGS
PRIVATE OWNERSHIP
PRIVATIZATION
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC LAND
REAL ESTATE
RENTS
SAVINGS
SHARECROPPING
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
URBAN LAND FARM MANAGEMENT
FARM SECTOR
RENT
LEASES
PROPERTY RIGHTS
LAND TITLES
PRIVATE OWNERSHIP
INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
CADASTRAL SURVEYS
spellingShingle ACCESS TO INFORMATION
AGRICULTURE
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
EMPLOYMENT
FARMLAND
FARMS
INCOME
INSURANCE
LAND CLAIMS
LAND MARKETS
LAND RIGHTS
LAND SALES
LAND TITLING
LAND TRANSFERS
LAND VALUE
LEASES
LEASING
MARKET VALUE
MORTGAGE LOANS
PRICE CEILINGS
PRIVATE OWNERSHIP
PRIVATIZATION
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC LAND
REAL ESTATE
RENTS
SAVINGS
SHARECROPPING
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
URBAN LAND FARM MANAGEMENT
FARM SECTOR
RENT
LEASES
PROPERTY RIGHTS
LAND TITLES
PRIVATE OWNERSHIP
INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
CADASTRAL SURVEYS
Razzaz, Omar
To Buy or Lease? Farm Revival in Eastern and Central Europe
relation Viewpoint: Public Policy for the Private Sector; Note No. 52
description Buying, selling and mortgaging farmland are still rare in Eastern and Central Europe. Not surprisingly, given the level of risk in many of these countries, short-term transactions, especially leasing, are more common. These short-term transactions do almost as well as land sales in allocating resources. Making them more secure by improving simple registration and enforcement systems and increasing public access to information on what is for rent and at what price would do much help revive the farm sector.
format Publications & Research :: Viewpoint
author Razzaz, Omar
author_facet Razzaz, Omar
author_sort Razzaz, Omar
title To Buy or Lease? Farm Revival in Eastern and Central Europe
title_short To Buy or Lease? Farm Revival in Eastern and Central Europe
title_full To Buy or Lease? Farm Revival in Eastern and Central Europe
title_fullStr To Buy or Lease? Farm Revival in Eastern and Central Europe
title_full_unstemmed To Buy or Lease? Farm Revival in Eastern and Central Europe
title_sort to buy or lease? farm revival in eastern and central europe
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1995/09/441467/buy-or-lease-farm-revival-eastern-central-europe
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11654
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