The paper analyzes the linkages between the reform strategies in transition countries and
economic performance. We focus on agriculture because of the sharpness of the policy …

Using empirical case materials from the Philippines and referring to rich experiences from
different countries historically, this book offers conceptual and practical conclusions that …

During processes of economic reform and transition, decision-makers are facing questions
with potential far-reaching consequences, such as what institutions should be established …

The focus in Uzbekistan on cotton and its irrigation led to large increases in water use with
significant downstream impacts, particularly on the Aral Sea. While agriculture is still heavily …

This paper examines the recent emerging informal Water Users Groups (WUGs) on the
Ferghana Valley for managing of the water at the former collective farm level and potential …

Land reform is back on the policy agenda of international development institutions as well as
of many nation states. 1 Globally, poverty still has primarily a rural face, with two-thirds of the …

In the not-too-distant future, the former Soviet Central Asia could be confronted with resource-
based conflicts or even, as some observers have suggested, with a" water war." Water is the …

Food sovereignty implies the implementation of radical processes of comprehensive
agrarian reform adapted to the conditions of each country and region, which will provide …

Two contradictory visions of society have co-existed uneasily in analyses of Soviet Central
Asia. Divergent accounts have portrayed Central Asian societies as either subject to total …

After the independence of Central Asian countries, many international projects have been
launched to promote water users' inclusion into the water management at different levels …