Transition, Institutions and the Rural Sector

by Max Spoor, Dirk J. Bezemer, Hannah Chaplin, Malcolm D. Childress, Sophia Davidova

Overview

Transitions, Institutions and the Rural Sector is a series of essays examining and analyzing the rural transformations in the transition economies of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The authors included in this volume employ a variety of interesting and insightful approaches to the topic, including synthetic regional analysis, analytic comparative studies, and unique case studies drawn from fieldwork. The first part of the book presents comparative studies of agrarian reform during the past decade of transition, while the second contains detailed studies of individual countries. Part of the Rural Economies in Transition series,Transitions, Institutions and the Rural Sector explores the complexities of rural transformations and the often unanticipated challenges faced by both the public and private sector in developing countries. Editor Max Spoor has assembled a set of thoroughly researched and persuasively argued pieces that fill a major gap in the scholarship on transition economies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780739105467
Publisher:	Lexington Books
Publication date:	03/12/2003
Series:	Rural Economies in Transition
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	6.32(w) x 9.24(h) x 0.91(d)

About the Author

Max Spoor is Associate Professor of Transition Economics and Coordinator of the Centre for the Study of Transition and Development, at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague. He has published widely on agricultural policies, environmnent and rural economies of developing and transition economies, with articles in international journals such as World Development, The Journal of Agrarian Change, The Journal of International Development, The Journal of Development Studies, Food Policy and Europe-Asia Studies. He is the editor ofThe Market Pancea: Agrarian Transformation in Developing Countries and Former Socialist Economies and Beyond Transition: Ten Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

Table of Contents

Part 1 A Decade of Agrarian Transition Revisited Chapter 2 Expectations and Reality: Reflections on a Decade of Agricultural Transformation Chapter 3 A Decade of Transition in Europe and Central Asia: Design and Impact of Land Reform Chapter 4 Lessons from Ten Years of Rural Transition Chapter 5 Agrarian Reform in Post-Soviet States Revisited: Central Asia and Mongolia Part 6 Country Case Studies Chapter 7 Farms and Factor Markets in Russia's Agriculture Chapter 8 Farm Restructuring, Property Rights and Household Strategies in Rural Russia Chapter 9 Rural Households, Incomes, and Agricultural Diversification in Bulgaria Chapter 10 Land Consolidation and Agricultural Services in Albania Chapter 11 Pathways of Farm Restructuring in Uzbekistan: Pressures and Outcomes Chapter 12 The Rural Non-Farm Economy in Transition Countries: Findings from Armenia Chapter 13 Rural Credit Institutions in Kyrgyzstan: The Practice of Transition Aid