CAP reform is an opportunity for the EU and the new member states to make progress in terms of protecting peasant agriculture and farmers themselves in developing Europe's future. This requires reform of the Common Agricultural Policy as a necessity for the new Member States. They need to...

This paper addresses the methods of state-owned enterprises’ ownership reform and the smooth institutional transition of the economic system in China. By using the theory of endogenous ownership arrangements developed in Tian (1995), a three stage method of China’s economic reform will be...

Este artículo es presentado como una contribución para entender mejor los logros y limitaciones relacionados con el estilo de desarrollo que Costa Rica ha promovido en las últimas dos décadas. El estudio se divide en seis secciones: la primera es una introducción que presenta la transición...

In this study, we attempt to identify the channels through which economic reforms enhanced the productivity growth in total manufacturing sector in India. Because one possible channel is better utilization of plant capacity, we estimate the capacity utilization rate in Indian manufacturing....

Agriculture is one of the major branches of the economy in Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa. It employs around 70% of the population and its contribution to the national GDP ranges around 45% (2012). In spite of the fact that most of the area is arable the majority of food, the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how the Chinese economic reform process has engendered significant changes in the structure and management of work organizations. Central to this process has been the “marketization” of state‐owned enterprises (SOEs). The paper reviews...

Iraq has kicked off the procedures to accede to the WTO through the organization’s full working party accession process. In its accession, Iraq is expected to agree to an arduous package of legal and economic reform. Having plunged into the WTO with the belief that accession is its best hope...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the performance of small manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) in India during the pre‐reforms (prior to 1991) and reforms period (1991 onwards) with focus on 15 major states from different levels of development. Design/methodology/approach – In...