Reforms in the Lithuanian food and agriculture sector started rather early, parallel with the struggle for independence. The country initiated a transition program in the food and agriculture sector to...
This paper provides a brief overview of agricultural economies in the ECA region between 1999 and 2005. According to our analysis, countries belonging to the advanced reformer group (total reform score...
Policymakers in Romania will need to make a series of important decisions in order to prepare the country for accession to the European Union and adoption of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in...
The agrarian economies of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) continue to undergo systemic change and transformation. The Bank has been supporting this process...
Policymakers in Romania will need to make a series of important decisions in order to prepare the country for accession to the European Union and adoption of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in...
This paper provides a brief overview of agricultural economies in the ECA region between 1999-2003. It updates the information presented in the World Bank Discussion Paper no. 3871, ECSSD Working Paper...
This report builds on the consensus developed at the August 2002 Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development. It draws on the effort to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. And it...
This paper provides a brief overview of agricultural economies in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region between 1999 and 2002. It updates the information presented in the World Bank Discussion Paper...
The overall finding of this report is that much agricultural policy is made at the regional level, and here the explicit price, and trade policy distortions are significantly worse than at the federal...
The overall finding of this report is that much agricultural policy is made at the regional level, and here the explicit price, and trade policy distortions are significantly worse than at the federal...
This paper provides a brief overview of agricultural economies in the ECA region between 1999-2001. It identifies the current status of the agrarian economies of Eastern Europe and Central Asia today...
EU accession challenges CEE agriculture. Land policies and evolving farm structures in transition countries; by Zvi Lerman, Csaba Csaki, and Gershon Feder. Hungary's twisted land market. Foreign direct...
The authors review the role of land policies in the evolving farm structure of transition countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). They show how different...
The objective of this study is to support the farm privatization and restructuring process in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) by presenting a wide range of strategic and tactical options that...
This report examines the reforms and policy changes necessary in the rural section of the ten countries that have started the accession process for eventual membership in the European Union (Bulgaria...
The study is focused on agricultural outputs, trade, and related policies. Although the importance of the social and natural resource management aspects of the agricultural transition is recognized, these...
This report, based on an overview of recent regional developments, summarizes the revised World Bank assistance strategy for rural development in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region. The rural sector...
A farm-level survey was carried out in Belarus in the second half of 1999, providing a detailed examination of changes in the three main components of the farming sector - large farm enterprises, households...
This report reviews the recent history and current state of Bulgarian agriculture and agro-industry. It examines the status of the sectoral reforms program, including reforms affecting pricing and trade...
This volume examines the reforms and policy changes necessary in the food and agriculture sectors of the ten Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries that have started the accession process for eventual...