Policy And Institutional Reform In Central European Agriculture

Author : Johan F. M. Swinnen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009576617

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Policy and Institutional Reform in Central European Agriculture by Johan F. M. Swinnen Pdf

This work surveys the ongoing changes in Central European agriculture with emphasis on policy and institutional reforms. Six country studies provide information on price and trade policy reform, privatization and land reform, and reform of up-and down-stream sectors, including credit policies. The book includes studies on the restructuring of Bugarian agriculture, the reform process in Hungary, Slovenia and the Czech Republic, and the transformation of the food economy in Poland.

Author : Klaus Frohberg,Peter Weingarten
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : CORNELL:31924076518780

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The Significance of Politics and Institutions for the Design and Formation of Agricultural Policies by Klaus Frohberg,Peter Weingarten Pdf

Author : Johan Swinnen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137501028

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The Political Economy of Agricultural and Food Policies by Johan Swinnen Pdf

Food and agriculture have been subject to heavy-handed government interventions throughout much of history and across the globe, both in developing and in developed countries. Today, more than half a trillion US dollars are spent by some governments to support farmers, while other governments impose regulations and taxes that hurt farmers. Some policies, such as price regulations and tariffs, distribute income but reduce total welfare by introducing economic distortions. Other policies, such as public investments in research, food standards, or land reforms, may increase total welfare, but these policies come also with distributional effects. These distributional effects influence the preferences of interest groups and in turn influence policy decisions. Political considerations are therefore crucial to understand how agricultural and food policies are determined, to identify the constraints within which welfare-enhancing reforms are possible (or not), and finally to understand how coalitions can be created to stimulate growth and reduce poverty.

Author : Johan F.M Swinnen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429821530

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Political Economy of Agrarian Reform in Central and Eastern Europe by Johan F.M Swinnen Pdf

First published in 1997, this volume responds to the challenges faced in post-Communist Eastern Europe in the privatization and decollectivisation of agriculture. The contributors feature specialists in agriculture, finance, economics and political science. They begin with discussions on the political economy of privatization and a historical overview and continue with thoughts on agricultural decollectivization in twelve countries across Eastern Europe including Albania, the Baltic countries, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Hungary. The project reflects the basic framework of endogenous institutional change and policy analysis, and uses a political economy framework to explain and interpret these agricultural trends.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429833038

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Agricultural Privatization, Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe by Anonim Pdf

First published in 1997 in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union and its agricultural policies, these editors presented a series of ten related articles on the transition to post-communist, more privatised agricultural policies, each specialising in a specific region of Central and Eastern Europe. Resulting from a research network, this volume features a range of contributors, including those preparing PhDs, former governmental advisors and specialists in agricultural economics, food policy and statistics. The chapters cover Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Eastern Germany, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Solvenia, and the Former Soviet Union, along with a comparative analysis. The contributors focus on three key issues of reform: the collection of detailed data, the collection of information on factors influencing the progress and completion of reform and explaining the results of privatisation and land reform, with a particular emphasis on the first two elements. This volume is well-suited to policy makers, analysists and researchers.

Author : Johan F.M. Swinnen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781783484850

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The Political Economy of the 2014-2020 Common Agricultural Policy by Johan F.M. Swinnen Pdf

After five years of debates, consultations and negotiations, the European institutions reached an agreement in 2013 on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the 2014-2020 period. The outcome has major implications for the EU’s budget and farmers’ incomes, but also for Europe’s environment, its contribution to global climate change and to food security in the EU and in the world. It was decided to spend more than €400 billion during the rest of the decade on the CAP. The official claims are that the new CAP will take better account of society's expectations and lead to far-reaching changes by making subsidies fairer and ‘greener’ and making the CAP more efficient. It is also asserted that the CAP will play a key part in achieving the overall objective of promoting smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. However, there is significant scepticism about these claims and disappointment with the outcome of the decision-making, the first in which the European Parliament was involved under the co-decision procedure. In contrast to earlier reforms where more substantive changes were made to the CAP, the factors that induced the policy discussions in 2008-13 and those that influenced the decision-making did not reinforce each other. On the contrary, they sometimes counteracted one another, yielding an ‘imperfect storm’ as it were, resulting in more status quo and fewer changes. This book discusses the outcome of the decision-making and the factors that influenced the policy choices and decisions. It brings together contributions from leading academics from various disciplines and policy-makers, and key participants in the process from the European Commission and the European Parliament.

Author : Michael Bradshaw,Alison Stenning
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317905028

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East Central Europe and the former Soviet Union by Michael Bradshaw,Alison Stenning Pdf

A comprehensive introduction to the important economic, social and political processes and development issues in this increasingly popular area of study. Employing a groundbreaking thematic approach the book centres its discussion on the interrelation between contemporary development theories and continuing transition issues in this huge and complex region.

Author : Robert Ackrill
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780567344373

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Common Agricultural Policy by Robert Ackrill Pdf

The CAP has traditionally been at the core of the European Communities and even now consumes half of the European Union's budget. This book emphasizes the long-term link between the CAP and the budget. It examines the aims of the Common Agricultural Policy as set out in the Treaty of Rome and discusses to what extent they have been achieved and whether they are relevant to the 21st century. The factors that have shaped the 1992 and 1999 CAP reforms are outlined, with the latter, in particular, demonstrating the budget's effect on CAP and CAP reforms. The internationalization of CAP with constraints being placed on it by the World Trade Organization is another important factor covered by the book. The 1999 reforms are measured against what may be allowed by the WTO and the demands of EU enlargement. This title is published in conjunction with UACES, the University Association for Contemporary European Studies. UACES web site can be found at www.uaces.org

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001-07-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264188365

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OECD Review of Agricultural Policies: Slovenia 2001 by OECD Pdf

OECD's 2001 review of Slovenia's agricultural policies.

Author : Jason G Hartell,Johan F.M Swinnen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351770972

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Agriculture and East-west European Integration by Jason G Hartell,Johan F.M Swinnen Pdf

This title was first published in 2000: This volume analyzes key issues of the process of integrating Central and Eastern European countries with the European Union related to agriculture. The issues include the comparative advantage of CEEC agriculture and its development under various accession policy scenarios; the likely policy developments in both the CEECs and the EU, based on economic, social and political economy considerations; the expected economic impacts and adjustment costs for the agro-food sector under various policy outcomes; the most important constraints for integration including policy convergence issues and internal constraints; and how integration will potentially affect trade and labour flows in the Union. The country combines detailed country-specific and region-wide empirical and theoretical analysis.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2000-12-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264189768

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OECD Review of Agricultural Policies: Bulgaria 2000 by OECD Pdf

OECD's 2000 review of Bulgaria's agricultural policies.

Author : David Turnock
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134884278

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The East European Economy in Context by David Turnock Pdf

Since 1989 the former communist countries of Eastern Europe have witnessed a profound and dramatic upheaval. The economic coherence of this region, formerly maintained through the adoption of the Soviet system of government, has fractured. In The East European Economy in Context: Communism and Transition, David Turnock examines the transition from communist to free-market economies, both within and between the states of Eastern Europe. As well as containing an informative survey of the impact of communism, The East European Economy in Context provides * Political profiles of individual countries * A clear study of the contrasts between northern and balkan groups * Summaries of regional variations in the transition process * An exploration of the new state structures and resources * Discussion of political stability, inter-ethnic tensions and progress in economic change

Author : David Turnock
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2003-10-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134828005

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The Human Geography of East Central Europe by David Turnock Pdf

This book examines the geography of the transition economies that were not formerly part of the Soviet Union. The main themes of the transition from communism to market capitalism are outlined and variations discussed.

Author : Patt Leonard,Rebecca Routh
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1997-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 1563247518

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The American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies for 1994 by Patt Leonard,Rebecca Routh Pdf

This text provides a source of citations to North American scholarships relating specifically to the area of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. It indexes fields of scholarship such as the humanities, arts, technology and life sciences and all kinds of scholarship such as PhDs.

Author : Andrew Schmitz,Kirby Moulton,Allan Buckwell,Sofia Davidova
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789401113885

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Privatization of Agriculture in New Market Economies: Lessons from Bulgaria by Andrew Schmitz,Kirby Moulton,Allan Buckwell,Sofia Davidova Pdf

The idea for this book began in Sofia, Bulgaria in September, 1992 when we met to plot a course for our University Affiliations project which had been recently funded by the U.S. Infonnation Agency. We believed that worldng on the book would provide valuable learning experiences for all the cooperators, and that the book itself would make a useful contribution to understanding the economic transition process and its policy implications. We recognized that a project of this nature would require the skills and knowledge of many people. To those 34 additional contributors to this volume, and to the many other friends, colleagues, and experts who gave generous advice, we give our sincerest thanks. We also acknowledge with thanks the support of several organizations to a reality. Much of the that transfonned this book from an idea research reported here was a major part of an educational project funded by the University Affiliations Program of the U.S. Information Agency. The project linked the University of California, Berkeley, Wye College of London University, and the Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, Sofia, in a cooperative effort to improve the quality of policy analysis. The research provided hands-on experience necessary for effective teaching in this area.