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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454720603321

Titolo

Distortions to agricultural incentives in Europe's transition economies [[electronic resource] /] / Kym Anderson and Johan Swinnen, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2008

ISBN

0-8213-7420-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (402 p.)

Collana

Trade and development

Altri autori (Persone)

AndersonKym

SwinnenJohan F. M. <1962->

Disciplina

338.1/847

Soggetti

Agriculture and state - Europe, Eastern

Agriculture and state - Asia, Central

Agricultural subsidies - Europe, Eastern

Agricultural subsidies - Asia, Central

Agricultural industries - Europe, Eastern

Agricultural industries - Asia, Central

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

New EU member countries / Pavel Ciaian and Johan Swinnen -- Turkey / Alison Burrell and Marianne Kurzweil -- The Russian Federation / William M. Liefert and Olga Liefert -- Ukraine / Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel ... [et al.] -- Kazakhstan / Richard Pomfret -- The Kyrgyz Republic / Garry Christensen and Richard Pomfret -- Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan / Richard Pomfret.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an overview of the evolution of distortions to agricultural incentives caused by price and trade policies in the economies of Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) that are transitioning away from central planning. It includes country and sub-regional studies of the ten transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe that joined the European Union in 2004 or 2007, of seven other large member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and of Turkey. Sectoral, trade and exchange rate policies in this region have been changed hugely since the dissolving of th