Open AccessImplementation of pasture leasing rights for mobile pastoralists – a case study on institutional change during post-socialist reforms in Azerbaijan
Author(s) -
Regieudert,
Michael Ruehs,
Volker Beckmann
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the international journal of the commons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.654
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1875-0281
DOI - 10.18352/bmgn-lchr.515
Subject(s) - pasture , property rights , context (archaeology) , pastoralism , land reform , political science , development economics , economic growth , geography , economic system , livestock , economics , agriculture , forestry , law , archaeology
"Within the context of transition and pasture reform in Central Asian and Caucasian countries
our study focuses on the pasture reform in Azerbaijan. The pasture reform in Azerbaijan has
received little attention in scientific literature although it displays a rapid emergence of
individualised rights for pasture plots, which is an exceptional development in this region.
Using empirical case study evidence we analyse the implementation and outcomes of the
reform process for pastoral land in the context of the macroeconomic development in
Azerbaijan and in comparison to pasture reforms in other post-socialist transition countries.
We apply the evolutionary theory of property rights to explain and analyse the exceptionally
rapid emergence of individual property rights for pasture in Azerbaijan." [author's abstract