This book looks at the restructuring of the agri-food industry and the rise of global retail chains in developing and transition countries, focusing on the implications of these changes for the poor. Part I (chapters 2-7) (i) identifies global changes in food standards and supply chains, (ii)...

This chapter presents empirical evidence on the growth in vertical coordination in agri-food supply chains in transition countries and its effects. Sections discuss: commodity-specific patterns of vertical coordination; exchange and quality problems as drivers of vertical coordination; vertical...

This chapter provides an analysis and documentation of changes that have occurred during the transition in the vertical coordination of the dairy supply chain in Romania and Slovakia, and its effects on the various agents in the chain. A major contrast between the two countries is that small-scale...

This chapter reviews key agricultural policy reforms in transition countries and examines the resulting adjustments. The primary focus is on the Central and East European countries and those of the former Soviet Union - the Commonwealth of Independent States. The analysis indicates that some of the ...

The results of an analysis of agricultural price and trade policies in Central and Eastern European countries since economic and political liberalization are summarized. The analysis includes both the level and mechanism of government intervention policy in the agrofood complex and investigates the ...

A set of issues which may be particularly relevant in the context of preparing for and implementing the accession of the CEECs to the EU in the agricultural sector are described. These issues include: reforms and CEEC agricultural transition; price and trade policies; structural change and...