The main questions addressed in this paper are, firstly, how labor markets in the Visegard countries reacted to the breakdown of a command economy and the transformation to a market economy. Secondly, it is analyzed which way ahead is likely, or to put it differently, what should be done now to...

Im Zuge einer sich dramatisch verschärfenden Wirtschaftslage zerbrachen Ende der 80er Jahre die politischen und wirtschaftlichen Strukturen der bis dahin kommunistisch regierten Länder Mittel- und Osteuropas. Angesichts des Scheiterns der zentralverwaltungswirtschaftlichen Ordnung blieb als...

Jiri Kostas jüngste Publikationen sind Beiträge zur Transformationsdiskussion. So auch der hier vorgelegte. Diskutiert wird darin die aktuelle wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in der tschechischen Republik. Gestützt vor allem auf makroökonomische Daten, wird der als sehr erfolgreich geltende...

This paper tries to characterize the current situation in the Philippines with respect to the goal of the Aquino administration to be food secure and self-sufficient in rice by 2016. Specifically, it aims to address the question: "Should the government continue its efforts in increasing rice...

The projected changes in planted area, yield per area, net exports/imports and prices for five major agricultural crops in South Africa were simulated using the projections of four Global Circulation Models (GCMs) under three socio-economic scenarios. The GCM projections show consistent strong...

The 2008 episode of food price explosion, political turmoil, and human suffering revealed important flaws in the current global food architecture. This paper argues that to safeguard the strengths of the current system, four failures in market functioning and policymaking must be addressed....

Investments in agricultural research and extension have consistently demonstrated high rates of return in Asia and the Pacific. However, the recent global food crisis exposed the vulnerability of food supply systems and reversed many past achievements in the fight against hunger and...