The literature on transition economies devotes relatively little attention to agriculture and the rural non-farm economy, despite the importance of the sector and its relevance to the livelihoods of the majority of the world's poor. This paper is part of a growing volume of empirical work on...

Introduction -- The go-go seventies -- 1979-1983, from fencerow to fencerow to failure -- 1984, the year of realization -- 1985, from penny auctions to declaration of emergency -- 1986, from fears of violence to glimmers of hope -- 1987-1993, from crisis to chronic -- Epilogue: last generation...