Governance Structures and Resource Policy Reform: Insights from Agricultural Transition

Johan F.M. Swinnen; Scott Rozelle

doi:10.1146/annurev.resource.050708.144122

Annual Review of Resource Economics

Volume 1, 2009

Review Article

Governance Structures and Resource Policy Reform: Insights from Agricultural Transition

Johan F.M. Swinnen¹, and Scott Rozelle²
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Affiliations: ¹Department of Economics and LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, University of Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; email: [email protected] ²Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305; email: [email protected]
Vol. 1:33-54 (Volume publication date July 2009) https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.resource.050708.144122
First published as a Review in Advance on June 26, 2009
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Abstract

New research on the political economy of policy-induced distortions to incentives for optimal resource use in agriculture and insights from the study of the dramatic reforms in former state-controlled economy has led to enhanced insights on the role of governance structures on policy making in agricultural and natural resources. This paper reviews these research developments and key new insights.

Keyword(s): China, Eastern Europe, liberalization, political economy, Soviet Union

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