An important aspect of the CARIFORUM‑EU Economic Partnership Agreement (hereafter, CFEU EPA) is its provisions for extensive trade liberalisation between the EU (including the French outermost territories in the Caribbean, the French Caribbean Outermost Regions (FCORs)) and the CARIFORUM...

This paper reports on the situation in Russian higher education since the start of transition, and presents a case study of the finance and budgetary arrangements at the University of Tomsk in some detail. It then illustrates some aspects of the situation in Tomsk with reference to four...

Property relations and financial markets are key aspects of the transition to a market economy. This paper reviews conceptual analysis and recent experience in these areas under five broad headings: (1) property rights and the legal framework; (2) privatisation; (3) the management and regulation...

This analysis of the determinants of private farmer access to rural finance in Romania has two distinct aspects: (i) a quantitative evaluation of some measurable variables for example factors affecting the amount of loans and the volume of savings; and (ii) a qualitative aspect, concentrating on...