second 5 year plan

• successes

  • more realistic targets
  • over fulfilled by 3%
  • transport increased
  • wages increased
  • peasants were allowed small plots of own land to help recover from the famine
• failures

  • broken machinery couldn't be fixed due to lack of spare parts
  • fear of execution meant nobody criticised
  • lied about figures
  • shortage of essentials
  • bad housing and not enough bathrooms