Livestock Sectors in the Economies of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union : Transition from Plan to Market and the Road Ahead

Examines the restructuring of the livestock sectors in: Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, & Romania. They all experienced a decline in both animal inventories & meat output during the early years of transition away from a centrally planned economy. Five general equilibrium models were developed which depicted the economies of each nation. The models were used to evaluate capital invest. at different stages of production; the rise in land prices that would result from a better functioning land market; reduced marketing costs; increased availability of credit; & the creation of off-farm employment to draw labor out of ag. Identifies potential trade & invest. opportunities. This potential depends on the successful implementation of institutional & policy reforms.Cochrane, Nancy is the author of 'Livestock Sectors in the Economies of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union : Transition from Plan to Market and the Road Ahead', published 2003 under ISBN 9780756735289 and ISBN 0756735289.