Transition, Institutions and the Rural Sector

by Spoor, Max; Bezemer, Dirk J.; Chaplin, Hannah; Childress, Malcolm D.; Davidova, Sophia; Davis, Junior; Doichinova, Julia; Ellman, Michael; Gorton, Matthew; Kandiyoti, Deniz; Kopeva, Diana; Lerman, Zvi; Pelkmans, Mathijs; Serova, Eugenia; M. Swinnen, Johan

• ISBN13: 9780739105467
• ISBN10: 0739105469
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-12
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

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 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.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations	ix
Introduction	xi
Max Spoor
Part 1: A Decade of Agrarian Transition Revisited
Expectations and Reality: Reflections on a Decade of Agricultural Transformation	1	(4)
Michael Ellman
A Decade of Transition in Europe and Central Asia: Design and Impact of Land Reform	5	(22)
Zvi Lerman
Lessons from Ten Years of Rural Transition	27	(20)
Johan F. M. Swinnen
Agrarian Reform in Post-Soviet States Revisited: Central Asia and Mongolia	47	(14)
Max Spoor
Part 2: Country Case Studies
Farms and Factor Markets in Russia's Agriculture	61	(22)
Eugenia Serova
Irina Khramova
Farm Restructuring, Property Rights, and Household Strategies in Rural Russia	83	(20)
Oane Visser
Rural Households, Incomes, and Agricultural Diversification in Bulgaria	103	(20)
Diana Kopeva
Julia Doichinova
Sophia Davidova
Matthew Gorton
Hannah Chaplin
Dirk Bezemer
Land Consolidation and Agricultural Services in Albania	123	(20)
Malcolm D. Childress
Pathways of Farm Restructuring in Uzbekistan: Pressures and Outcomes	143	(20)
Deniz Kandiyoti
The Rural Nonfarm Economy in Transition Countries: Findings from Armenia	163	(22)
Dirk J. Bezemer
Junior R. Davis
Rural Credit Institutions in Kyrgyzstan: The Practice of Transition Aid	185	(14)
Mathijs Pelkmans
Bibliography	199	(12)
Index	211	(4)
About the Contributors	215