Russia's Agro-Food Sector : Towards Truly Functioning Markets
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Book Description
This book analyzes the transition of Russia's agro-food sector from a centrally planned system to a market-oriented one. The chapters set out to explain the initial conditions of transition, describe the measures undertaken, survey the current situation, and offer perspectives on how best to continue with the reform. Hence, the book not only provides insights into Russia's food economy, it also gives very valuable information about the process of transition and the question: What next? Within the Russian context, the food economy is of special importance, due to the relatively high share it represents in the economy and its importance for employment. Furthermore, the privatization and the restructuring of the country's agro-food sector is one of the most controversial issues in the ongoing domestic political debate about the reform process. Russia is also important in that its reintegration into the world economy is at stake. Russia's Agro-Food Sector: Towards Truly Functioning Markets should increase the understanding of the issues causing the cumbersome implementation of reform measures and, in so doing, might provide scholars and policymakers with advice on how to improve the transition process. In fact, one of the most important lessons from the book is that markets will continue to malfunction as long as institutions are not functioning properly.
Book Info
Proceedings of a conference on the transition process of Russia's agro-food sector that took place in July, 1998 at the University of Bonn, Russia. Analyzes the transition of Russia's agro-food sector from a centrally planned system to a market-oriented one.
Russia's Agro-Food Sector : Towards Truly Functioning Markets
Russia's Agro-Food Sector: Towards Truly Functioning Markets,Peter Wehrheim,Klaus Frohberg,Eugenia Serova,Joachim von Braun,Springer,0792378415,Agricultural Economics,Agriculture,Agriculture - General,Business / Economics / Finance,Development - Economic Development,Economic aspects,Industries - General,Political Science,Politics/International Relations,Public Policy - General,Russia (Federation),21st century,Agriculture & related industries,Business & Economics / Economics / General,Economics,Russia,c 1990 to c 2000
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