title: Agriculture and rural out-migration in Central Asia, 1960-91.
abstract: "This article seeks to analyse agrarian structure and policy in the Soviet period and discuss their effect on migration from rural to urban areas. In the case of [Soviet] Central Asia, neither the various steps to bring down labour intensity in the farm sector, nor the falling standard of living in rural areas, could bring about migration from rural to urban areas. This was because in traditional societies economic mechanisms are not effective unless they are complemented by appropriate social and cultural policies. All policies were oriented towards the state's goal of vertical integration of regions with the central economy. In Central Asia in particular this policy resulted in serious distortions in the social and economic spheres."
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authors.lastname: Patnaik
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012939:Social Planning; D014586:USSR
keywords: Agrarian Reform; Agricultural Development; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Development Policy; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Migration; Migration Policy; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Rural Development; Rural-urban Migration--determinants; Social Policy; Ussr