The current discussion regarding the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is challenging due to the varying needs and interests of the old and new member states (NMS) of the European Union (EU). The NMS still display tremendous disparities in most structural and socio-economic...

Optimale internationale Schuldenaufnahme Kapitalallokation und Kreditwürdigkeitskontrolle In diesem Beitrag wird ein Zweisektorenmodell einer wachsenden Wirtschaft einschließlich des Verhältnisses zwischen der Kapazität des Schuldendienstes und den Kreditbedingungen eines Landes entwickelt....

[Contents] - Ayal Kimhi: Foreword. p.iii - List of contributors. p.ix - [A. The transition scene after 25 years] - Johan Swinnen, Kristine Van Herck, Liesbet Vranken: Twenty-five years of transition and European integration: Some observations on the governance of land markets in an integrated...

The increase in agricultural employment in Central Asia and Trans-Caucasus over the last two decades has had a detrimental effect on agricultural labor productivity and rural family incomes. Transition countries in the former USSR cannot, however, encourage exits from agriculture (as, for...