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This report by staff from Landesa (then called the Rural Development Institute) discusses land reform and efforts to support the development of land markets in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The authors identified countries in which land markets have developed and function well, described characteristics of the legal framework that contribute to the success of land markets in these countries, and developed a “checklist” for use in transition countries to identify obstacles to use in development of land markets. | Download PDF
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