Rozelle, ScottSwinnen, Johan2017-09-072017-09-072009-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/28161This paper analyzes the political and institutional factors which are behind the dramatic changes in distortions to agricultural incentives in the transition countries in East Asia, Central Asia, and the rest of the former Soviet Union, and in Central and Eastern Europe. The paper explains why these changes have occurred and why there are large differences among transition countries in the extent and the nature of the remaining distortions.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSAGRICULTURAL MARKETINGAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTUREARBITRAGEBANKRUPTCIESBUDGET CONSTRAINTSBUREAUCRACYCOMMODITIESCOMMODITYCOMMUNISMCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPETITIVE MARKETSCROPSDEMOCRACYDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIESDIRECT PAYMENTSECONOMIC CRISESECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC REFORMECONOMIC REFORMSECONOMIC SYSTEMECONOMICSEXCHANGE RATEEXCHANGE RATESEXPORT SECTORSEXPORTSFARMERSFARMSFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFOOD PRICESFOOD PROCESSINGFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD PRODUCTSFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFREE TRADEGDPGDP PER CAPITAGOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONGOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONSGOVERNMENT REGULATIONGOVERNMENT SUBSIDIESHIGH WAGESIDEOLOGYINCOMESINDUSTRIALIZATIONINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTSINTEGRATIONLABORERSLAND REFORMLEGITIMACYLIVESTOCKLIVESTOCK PRODUCTSMARKET ECONOMIESMARKET ECONOMYMARKET LIBERALIZATIONMARKETINGMOTIVATIONNATIONAL ECONOMYOUTPUTOVEREMPLOYMENTPER CAPITA INCOMEPLANNED ECONOMYPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL ENVIRONMENTPOLITICAL REGIMESPOLITICAL SYSTEMPRICE DISTORTIONSPRIVATE INVESTMENTSPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPROPERTY RIGHTSPROTECTIONISMRAPID GROWTHREFORM PROGRAMREFORM PROGRAMSREGIME CHANGEREGIONAL INTEGRATIONREGIONAL TRADERENT SEEKINGRENTSREPUBLICRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL INFRASTRUCTURESOCIALISMSOFT BUDGET CONSTRAINTSSUPPLIERSTAXTAXATIONTEXTILESTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITYTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE POLICIESTRADE POLICYTRADING SYSTEMTRANSITION COUNTRIESTRANSITION ECONOMIESWAGESWORLD ECONOMYWORLD TRADEWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATIONWTOWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/28161