This study aimed at analysing the impact of two different land reform strategies on rural
poverty in CIS countries particularly in Georgia and Moldova. While Georgia distributed
agricultural land parcels directly to the population at the beginning of the 1990ies Moldova
transferred land via paper shares for undemarcated land parcels. This study is based on
household data which were collected during household surveys in Georgia and Moldova in 2007
and 2008. The data had been used in order to analyse the impact of land reform on the endowment
with land and other capital the use of capital and the access to markets and credits as well
as the importance of agricultural employment for rural households. A logit analysis had been
run in order to detect the determinants of poverty.
