Transitions, Institutions and the Rural Sector is a series of essays examining and analyzing the rural transformations in the transition economies of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The authors included in this volume employ a variety of interesting and insightful approaches to the topic, including synthetic regional analysis, analytic comparative studies, and unique case studies drawn from fieldwork. The first part of the book presents comparative studies of agrarian reform during the past decade of transition, while the second contains detailed studies of individual countries. Part of the Rural Economies in Transition series, Transitions, Institutions and the Rural Sector explores the complexities of rural transformations and the often unanticipated challenges faced by both the public and private sector in developing countries. Editor Max Spoor has assembled a set of thoroughly researched and persuasively argued pieces that fill a major gap in the scholarship on transition economies

The collapse of the formerly socialist economies has been one of the most dramatic economic events of the late twentieth century. Can they be successfully transformed into modern capitalist economies? This collection draws together the most significant writings on the economics of transition since 1990. Although there are a wide range of examples from different countries and industries, the focus is on analysis of the key issues. These include: * macroeconomics and stabilization * liberalization and the establishment of markets * property rights and the legal framework * reform of banking and finance, agriculture, and the trading system * the functioning of labour markets In addition the opening collection of papers discusses the political economy of transition. This collection draws on material from an enormous range of sources. It includes articles by Barry Eichengreen, Oliver Blanchard, Stanley Fischer and Janos Kornai.