Title: Stabilising the USSR's rural population through development of the social infrastructure.

POPLINE Document Number: 244796

Author(s):

Khomelyansky BN

Source citation:

International Labour Review, 1982 Jan-Feb;121(1):89-100.

Abstract:

This study is concerned with the problems caused by rural-urban migration in the USSR and with the policies that have been developed to deal with those problems. The author suggests that "the increase in the material prosperity of collective farmers since the Revolution, although a necessary condition for discouraging rural migration, has not in itself been sufficient to prevent the occurrence of rural manpower shortages. He points to the need for an all-round approach to improving conditions of life in the countryside, with due regard for cultural/utilitarian and socio-psychological factors, and suggests that the solution to the problem lies in agro-industrial integration, the improvement of public transport and the extension of the all-weather road network." (EXCERPT)

Keywords:

USSR
Rural-Urban Migration
Migration, Internal
Migration Policy
Rural Development
Socioeconomic Factors
Social Development
Rural Population
Development Planning
Developing Countries
Migration
Population Dynamics
Demographic Factors
Population
Population Policy
Social Policy
Policy
Economic Factors
Population Characteristics