Turkmenistan - An assessment of leasehold-based farm restructuring

WORLD BlANK TECHNICAL PAPER NO. 500 Europe and Central Asia Environmentally and Socially Sustainable ,3.f) Development Series Work In progre WTP500 forpublic discussion March 2001 Turkmenistan An Assessment of Leasehold-Based Farm Restructuring Zvi Lerman Aaren Brooks  Recent World Bank Technical Papers No. 417 Rutkowski, Welfare and the Labor Market in Poland: Social Policy during Economic Transition No. 418 Okidegbe and Associates, Agriculture Sector Programs: Sourcebook No. 420 Francis and others, Hard Lessons: Primary Schools, Community, and Social Capital in Nigeria No. 421 Gert Jan Bom, Robert Foster, Ebel Dijkstra, and Marja Tummers, Evaporative Air-Conditioning: Applications for Environmentally Friendly Cooling No. 422 Peter Quaak, Harrie Knoef, and Huber Stassen, Energyfrom Biomass: A Review of Combustion and Gasifica- tion Technologies No. 423 Energy Sector Unit, Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank, Non-Payment in the Electricity Sector in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union No. 424 Jaffee, ed., Southern African Agribusiness: Gaining through Regional Collaboration No. 425 Mohan, ed., Bibliography of Publications: Africa Region, 1993-98 No. 426 Rushbrook and Pugh, Solid Waste Landfills in Middle- and Lower-Income Countries: A Technical Guide to Planning, Design, and Operation No. 427 Marinio and Kemper, Institutional Frameworks in Successful Water Markets: Brazil, Spain, and Colorado, USA No. 428 C. Mark Blackden and Chitra Bhanu, Gender, Growth, and Poverty Reduction: Special Program of Assistance for Africa, 1998 Status Report on Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa No. 429 Gary McMahon, Jos6 Luis Evia, Alberto Pasc6-Font, and Jose Miguel Sanchez, An Environmental Study of Artisanal, Small, and Medium Mining in Bolivia, Chile, and Peru No. 430 Maria Dakolias, Court Performance around the World: A Comparative Perspective No. 431 Severin Kodderitzsch, Reforms in Albanian Agriculture: Assessing a Sector in Transition No. 432 Luiz Gabriel Azevedo, Musa Asad, and Larry D. Simpson, Management of Water Resources: Bulk Water Pricing in Brazil No. 433 Malcolm Rowat and Jose Astigarraga, Latin American Insolvency Systems: A Comparative Assessment No. 434 Csaba Csaki and John Nash, eds., Regional and International Trade Policy: Lessonsfor the EU Accession in the Rural Sector-World Bank/FAO Workshop, June 20-23,1998 No. 435 Iain Begg, EU Investment Grants Review No. 436 Roy Prosterman and Tim Hanstad, ed., Legal Impediments to Effective Rural Land Relations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: A Comparative Perspective No. 437 Csaba Csaki, Michel Dabatisse, and Oskar Honisch, Food and Agriculture in the Czech Republic: From a "Velvet" Transition to the Challenges of EU Accession No. 438 George J. Borjas, Economic Research on the Determinants of Immigration: Lessonsfor the European Union No. 439 Mustapha Nabli, Financial Integration, Vulnerabilities to Crisis, and EU Accession in Five Central European Countries No. 440 Robert Bruce, loannis Kessides, and Lothar Kneifel, Overcoming Obstacles to Liberalization of the Telecom Sector in Estonia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Hungary: An Overview of Key Policy Concerns and Potential Initiatives to Facilitate the Transition Process No. 441 Bartlomiej Kaminski, Hungary: Foreign Trade Issues in the Context of Accession to the EU No. 442 Bartlomiej Kaminski, The Role of Foreign Direct Investment and Trade Policy in Poland's Accession to the European Union No. 443 Luc Lecuit, John Elder, Christian Hurtado, Francois Rantrua, Kamal Siblini, and Maurizia Tovo, DeMIStifying MIS: Guidelinesfor Management Information Systems in Social Funds No. 444 Robert E Townsend, Agricultural Incentives in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy Challenges No. 445 Ian Hill, Forest Management in Nepal: Economics of Ecology No. 446 Gordon Hughes and Magda Lovei, Economic Reform and Environmental Performance in Transition Economies No. 447 R. Maria Saleth and Ariel Dinar, Evaluating Water Institutions and Water Sector Performance No. 449 Keith Oblitas and J. Raymond Peter in association with Gautam Pingle, Halla M. Qaddumi, and Jayantha Perera, Transferring Irrigation Management to Farmers in Andhra Pradesh, India No. 450 Andres Rigo Sureda and Waleed Haider Malik, eds., Judicial Challenges in the New Millennium: Proceedings of the Second Summit of the Ibero-American Supreme Courts No. 451 World Bank, Privatization of the Power and Natural Gas Industries in Hungary and Kazakhstan No. 452 Lev Freinkman, Daniel Treisman, and Stephen Titov, Subnational Budgeting in Russia: Preempting a Potential Crisis (List continues on the inside back cover)  WORLD BANK TECHNICAL PAPER NO. 500 Europe and CentralAsia Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Series Turkmenistan An Assessment of Leasehold-Based Farm Restructuring Zvi Lerman Karen Brooks The World Bank Weshington, D.C.  Copyright