Reproducibility package for Reforming Land Valuation and Taxation in Ukraine: A path to sustainability and economic fairness
Reference ID
RR_UKR_2024_239
Author(s)
Klaus Deininger, Daniel Ayalew Ali, Eduard Bukin, Andrii Martyn
Collections
Metadata
Created on
Dec 11, 2024
Last modified
Mar 24, 2025
Overview
Abstract
The shift from administrative to a market-based valuation of assets is a key part of In Ukraine’s transition from a planned to a market economy that will improve the functioning of financial markets and the ability of local governments to obtain revenue effectively for local service provision. This paper describes the rationale and evolution of Ukraine’s regulatory framework for market-based valuation and uses prices and publicly available parcel attributes for the nearly 200,000 agricultural land sale transactions over the 2021 to 2024 period to estimate a land price model that is then used to predict prices for the roughly 20 million ha of commercial agricultural land in the country.
Reproducibility Package
Scripts
Title
Reproducibility package (code) for Reforming Land Valuation and Taxation in Ukraine: A path to sustainability and economic fairness
Date
2024-12
Dependencies
All the dependencies are stored in the renv.lock
Notes
Computational reproducibility verified by the Development Impact (DIME) Analytics team, World Bank.
Source code repository
| Repository name | URI |
|---|---|
| Reproducible Research Repository (World Bank) | https://reproducibility.worldbank.org |
Software
Name
R
Version
4.4.1
Reproducibility
Technology environment
Paper exhibits were reproduced in a computer with the following specifications:
– OS: Windows 11 Enterprise
– Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1145G7 CPU @ 2.60GHz
– Memory available: 15.7 GB
– Software version: R version 4.4.1
Technology requirements
~25 minutes run time with the options eval_all and full_plots set to FALSE.
~7 hours run time with the options eval_all and full_plots set to TRUE.
Reproduction instructions
- Most of the data used in this paper is confidential and was provided directly by the State Registry of Property Rights on Immovable Assets to the authors. Therefore, independently reproducing the analysis might be challenging.
- The authors provided replicators with an intermediate dataset, which was used to verify the paper's findings. While the raw data is not included, the authors supplied the code needed to process the raw data and generate the intermediate dataset; this code was also reviewed by the replicators, but wasn't run as the data was not available. Replicators began their analysis from the intermediate data (also not included in the published package) due to confidentiality constraints.
- Interested users can verify that the exhibits match the paper's results by reviewing the Word file 20 paper tables. This file, created by the replicators using the intermediate data, includes all figures and tables presented in the paper and confirms alignment with the findings.
Data
Datasets
Name
Land Sales Transactions
Note
Source: State Registry of Property Rights on Immovable Assets (confidential) available at the following link. This data was acquired on the request from the World Bank and provided by the Ministry of justice of Ukraine in a tabulated form. It contained a comprehensive list of variables and transactions on land sales, which occurred since 2021.
A publicly available alternative is prepared by the State Cadastre Service of Ukraine. The alternative dataset is publicly disseminated on the Land Monitoring portal but has a different structure from the dataset used in this analysis.
Access Date: November 20, 2024
Access policy
Restricted and not included in the reproducibility package
Data URL
https://rrp.minjust.gov.ua/
Name
Geo-Spatial Boundaries of Transacted Land Parcels
Note
Source: Centroids derived from the analyzed parcels. Previously accessible via the Public Cadastre Map of Ukraine. Not publicly disclosed since February 2021.
Access policy
Restricted and not included in the reproducibility package
Name
SoilGrids - Global Gridded Soil Information
Note
Source: International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC).
Access date: November 20, 2024.
Please see README file for a comprehensive list of the variables consulted.
Access policy
Public, but merged with restricted data. Since most of the data in the package is restricted, this dataset is also not included in the package.
License
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)
License URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Data URL
https://files.isric.org/soilgrids/latest/data
Name
Land Use Classification
Note
Shelestov et al., "Cloud Approach to Automated Crop Classification Using Sentinel-1 Imagery" (2020).
Kussul et al., "Biophysical Impact of Sunflower Crop Rotation on Agricultural Fields" (2022). This raster imagery provides data on land use at a 10m resolution. It classifies land use in Ukraine following an established methodology and annually updated ground-truth data. The data can be accessed on the following link. If you are using a World Bank's computer the link will only be accessible by deactivating the World Bank VPN.
Access Date: November 20, 2024.
This data is disseminated annually and covers years 2020-2023.
Access policy
Public, but does not allow republication.
Data URL
https://ukraine-cropmaps.com/geoserver/ukraine/wms
Name
Administrative Boundaries (admin 1-3)
Note
Source: The Humanitarian Data Exchange.
Access Date: November 20, 2024.
Access policy
Public, but merged with restricted data. Since most of the data in the package is restricted, this dataset is also not included in the package.
Data URL
https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-ukr
Name
Administrative Boundaries (admin 6-8)
Note
Source: State Service of Ukraine for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre. This data has not been publicly disclosed since February 2021. Data used in this research was provided by the Cadaster as a geospatial data file with the geographical boundaries of admin 8 level and their corresponding aggregation to the admin 7, and 6 levels. Please see README file for more details.
Access policy
Restricted and not included in the reproducibility package
Name
Consumer Price Index
Note
Source: National Bank of Ukraine.
Access Date: November 20, 2024.
Access period: Monthly data January 2013 to November 2024. Variables included: uah_cpi_monthly, uah_cpi_202312_100, uah_usd. Formula to compute uah_cpi_202312_100 is included in the README file.
Access policy
Public, but does not allow republication.
Data URL
https://bank.gov.ua/ua/statistic/macro-indicators#1
Data statement
All data is restricted and has not been included in the reproducibility package. For more details, please refer to the README file.
Description
Output
Type
Working Paper
Title
Reforming Land Valuation and Taxation in Ukraine: A path to sustainability and economic fairness
Authors
Klaus Deininger, Daniel Ayalew, Ali Eduard Bukin, Andrii Martyn
Description
Policy Research Working Paper (PRWP)
URL
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099018512112432292
Authors
| Author | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Klaus Deininger | World Bank | kdeininger@worldbank.org |
| Daniel Ayalew Ali | World Bank | dali1@worldbank.org |
| Eduard Bukin | World Bank | ebukin@worldbank.org |
| Andrii Martyn | National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine | martyn@nubip.edu.ua |
Date of production
2024-12
Scope and coverage
Geographic locations
| Location |
|---|
| Ukraine |
Keywords
Mass land valuation,
Ukraine
property taxation
geospatial modeling
land cadaster
economic reforms
Disclaimer
Disclaimer
The materials in the reproducibility packages are distributed as they were prepared by the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/the World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this event do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, the Executive Directors of the World Bank, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the materials included in the reproducibility package.
Access and rights
License
| Name | URI |
|---|---|
| Modified BSD3 | https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause/ |
Contacts
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Eduard Bukin | World Bank | ebukin@worldbank.org |
| Reproducibility WBG | World Bank | reproducibility@worldbank.org |
Information on metadata
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reproducibility WBG | DIME | World Bank - Development Impact Department | Verification and preparation of metadata |
Date of Production
2024-12-04
Document version
1