Agricultural reform in developing countries: reflections for Eastern Europe

Avishay Braverman and J. Luis Guasch

No 538, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: The reform of formerly centrally planned economies involves freeing the price system, developing a competitive environment, and privatizing many of the state-owned or controlled assets and services, while simultaneously generating the social, economic and legal infrastructure that undergrids a market economy. This paper takes an important look at what the reforming countries of Eastern Europe can and cannot learn from the developing countries, including discussions on: (a) reforming prices; (b) credit, financial institutions and marketing boards; (c) property rights, land tenure and privatization; (d) research, extension and technology; and (e) efforts to remediate environmental degradation. A central dilemma in the reform of the Eastern European economies is the tension between commitment and flexibility. Western technical assistance and international financial help can be effective only if professionals of the East and West work together, as this is a process of joint learning, not a pure transfer of knowledge.

Keywords: Social Policy; Legal Products; Judicial System Reform; Rural Settlements; Common Property Resource Development; State Owned Enterprise Reform; Public Sector Administrative & Civil Service Reform; Legal Institutions of the Market Economy; Food Security; Legal Reform; Privatization; Energy Privatization; Legislation; Regulatory Regimes; Agricultural Growth and Rural Development; Democratic Government; Economics and Finance of Public Institution Development; Public Sector Administrative and Civil Service Reform; De Facto Governments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1990-11-30
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