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Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Moldova

Progress and Prospects

By: Zvi Lerman,Csaba Csáki,Victor Moroz

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Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Moldova

Progress and Prospects

By: Zvi Lerman,Csaba Csáki,Victor Moroz

Agricultural reforms, including privatization of land and farm restructuring, are an important cornerstone for overall transformation of the economies of the former socialist world. This paper summarizes the current status of land reform in Moldova and shows how there has been clear progress in creating a market-based agriculture and food sector in Moldova. The results of this study indicate that genuine restructuring and transition to full-fledged private farming have resulted in improved profitability and higher incomes for private farmers than those achieved by traditional collectives.

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World Bank Publications

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0821343173

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9780821343173

Farm Debt in the CIS

A Multi-country Study of the Major Causes and Proposed Solutions

By: Csaba Csáki,Zvi Lerman,Serge? Sotnikov

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Farm Debt in the CIS

A Multi-country Study of the Major Causes and Proposed Solutions

By: Csaba Csáki,Zvi Lerman,Serge? Sotnikov

This study presents the results of the multi-country study for farm debt in five Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries - Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, and the Ukraine. It offers a comparative analysis of the level and composition of farm debt in these countries and reviews the major reasons for farm debt accumulation in the 1990s.

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World Bank Publications

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0821349430

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9780821349434

Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Ukraine

By: Zvi Lerman,Karen McConnell Brooks,Csaba Csáki

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Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Ukraine

By: Zvi Lerman,Karen McConnell Brooks,Csaba Csáki

Rationale for the study and summary of findings; Ukraine: the country and its agriculture; Land reform legislation; The new private sector; Reorganization of farm enterprises; The effect of reorganization on farm employees; Market services and infrastructure; Rural social services and restructuring of the collective sector.

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World Bank Publications

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0821331493

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9780821331491

Private Agriculture in Armenia

By: Zvi Lerman,Astghik Mirzakhanian

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Private Agriculture in Armenia

By: Zvi Lerman,Astghik Mirzakhanian

This book details and analyzes an extensive farm survey of Armenian land reform. Zvi Lerman and Astghik Mirzakhanian, two principal contributors to the design of the study, present their invaluable insight into the rapid land reform strategy implemented in Armenia. Unique among the former Soviet Republics, the entire agricultural sector of this country shifted from collective, large-scale, farm enterprises to individual production in 1992. The authors pay special attention to the commercialization of private farms and their access to supply and marketing channels outside the old state-controlled system. Family incomes from farming and off-farm sources are discussed, as well as problems of rural social services and social infrastructure. The authors demonstrate how official statistical measures and record keeping practices in Armenia do not adequately account for this dramatic transition.

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Lexington Books

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0739102052

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9780739102053

Farm Sector Restructuring in Belarus

Progress and Constraints

By: Csaba Csáki,Zvi Lerman,Serge? Sotnikov

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Farm Sector Restructuring in Belarus

Progress and Constraints

By: Csaba Csáki,Zvi Lerman,Serge? Sotnikov

Agriculture remains the main source of employment and livelihood for the large rural population of many transition countries, especially among the former Soviet republics. Accordingly, the World Bank continuously monitors the progress of land reform and farm restructuring in the region because of the potential impact of these processes on rural development and poverty alleviation in rural areas. The present study on Belarus is the latest addition to a long and growing series of World Bank publications on land reform and farm restructuring in the former socialist countries of Europe and Central Asia. The unique features of all these publications is their reliance on first-hand empirical information collected through extensive farm surveys of various rural constituencies. Analysis of survey findings enables the World Bank to base its policy dialogue with governments in the region on solid empirical facts, making the Bank's recommendations more credible and relevant. The survey findings in this volume will provide a platform for useful policy discussions with this country's government and supply international donors that are active there with essential information to design their strategic programs.

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World Bank Publications

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0821347926

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9780821347928

Agriculture in Transition

Land Policies and Evolving Farm Structures in Post-Soviet Countries

By: Zvi Lerman,Csaba Csáki,Gershon Feder

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Agriculture in Transition

Land Policies and Evolving Farm Structures in Post-Soviet Countries

By: Zvi Lerman,Csaba Csáki,Gershon Feder

In Agriculture in Transition: Land Policies and Evolving Farm Structures in Post Soviet Countries authors Zvi Lerman, Csaba Csaki, and Gershon Feder study the land policies and farming structures of these newly emerging nations as components of institutional change in the rural sector - change from a centralized rural economy to a market-oriented economy.

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Lexington Books

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0739108077

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9780739108079

Rural Transition in Azerbaijan

By: Zvi Lerman,David Sedik

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Rural Transition in Azerbaijan

By: Zvi Lerman,David Sedik

The book demonstrates that reform policies_including privatization of land and the shift from collective to individual farming_have a significant impact on agricultural growth, rural incomes, and poverty alleviation. The analysis spans more than 40 years of agricultural and rural development in Azerbaijan, based on country-level statistical data and original farm and household surveys.

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Lexington Books

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0739143182

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9780739143186

Land Reform in Ukraine

The First Five Years

By: Csaba Csáki,Zvi Lerman

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Land Reform in Ukraine

The First Five Years

By: Csaba Csáki,Zvi Lerman

This study summarizes the first five years (1991-96) of agrarian reforms in Ukraine, presenting the results of a farm-level survey conducted in 11 provinces between January and March 1996. The findings show that the growth of private farming has slowed do

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World Bank Publications

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0821340085

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9780821340080

Jewish Identities in Postcommunist Russia and Ukraine

An Uncertain Ethnicity

By: Zvi Gitelman

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Jewish Identities in Postcommunist Russia and Ukraine

An Uncertain Ethnicity

By: Zvi Gitelman

Before the USSR collapsed, ethnic identities were imposed by the state. This book analyzes how and why Jews decided what being Jewish meant to them after the state dissolved and describes the historical evolution of Jewish identities. Surveys of more than 6,000 Jews in the early and late 1990s reveal that Russian and Ukrainian Jews have a deep sense of their Jewishness but are uncertain what it means. They see little connection between Judaism and being Jewish. Their attitudes toward Judaism, intermarriage and Jewish nationhood differ dramatically from those of Jews elsewhere. Many think Jews can believe in Christianity and do not condemn marrying non-Jews. This complicates their connections with other Jews, resettlement in Israel, the United States and Germany, and the rebuilding of public Jewish life in Russia and Ukraine. Post-Communist Jews, especially the young, are transforming religious-based practices into ethnic traditions and increasingly manifesting their Jewishness in public.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139789627

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9781139789622

The United States and Israel

The Limits of the Special Relationship

By: Abraham Ben-Zvi

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The United States and Israel

The Limits of the Special Relationship

By: Abraham Ben-Zvi

Ben-Zvi also shows how former Prime Minister Shamir's decision to build settlements in the occupied territories aggravated an already tense situation between the U.S. and Israel, and he concludes with comments on the Gulf War and the return to power of the Labor Party in 1992.

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Columbia University Press

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0231081847

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9780231081849

Analyzing Narratives in Social Networks

Taking Turing to the Arts

By: Zvi Lotker

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Analyzing Narratives in Social Networks

Taking Turing to the Arts

By: Zvi Lotker

This book uses literature as a wrench to pry open social networks and to ask different questions than have been asked about social networks previously. The book emphasizes the story-telling aspect of social networks, as well as the connection between narrative and social networks by incorporating narrative, dynamic networks, and time. Thus, it constructs a bridge between literature, digital humanities, and social networks. This book is a pioneering work that attempts to express social and philosophic constructs in mathematical terms. The material used to test the algorithms is texts intended for performance, such as plays, film scripts, and radio plays; mathematical representations of the texts, or “literature networks”, are then used to analyze the social networks found in the respective texts. By using literature networks and their accompanying narratives, along with their supporting analyses, this book allows for a novel approach to social network analysis.

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Springer Nature

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3030682994

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9783030682996

Turkmenistan

An Assessment of Leasehold-based Farm Restructuring

By: Zvi Lerman,Karen McConnell Brooks

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Turkmenistan

An Assessment of Leasehold-based Farm Restructuring

By: Zvi Lerman,Karen McConnell Brooks

This study on Turkmenistan is the latest addition to a long and growing series of World Bank publications on land reform and farm restructuring in the former socialist countries of Europe and Central Asia. The present report combines an analysis of the 1998 farm survey overview of general agricultural policies and sectoral performance. Survey results are preceded by a sectoral review and a description of emerging legal framework for land reform and farm restructuring.

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0821349317

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Private Agriculture in Armenia

By: Zvi Lerman,Astghik Mirzakhanian

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Private Agriculture in Armenia

By: Zvi Lerman,Astghik Mirzakhanian

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Rural Transition in Azerbaijan

By: Zvi Lerman,David Sedik

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By: Zvi Lerman,David Sedik

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All These Vows

By: Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD

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All These Vows

By: Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD

The most memorable prayer of the Jewish New Year—what it means, why we sing it, and the secret of its magical appeal. Through a series of lively commentaries, over thirty contributors—men and women, scholars and rabbis, artists and poets, spanning three continents and all major Jewish denominations—examine Kol Nidre's theology, usage, and deeply personal impact. They trace the actual history of the prayer and attempts through the ages to emend it, downplay it and even do away with it—all in vain. They explore why Kol Nidre remains an annual liturgical highlight that is regularly attended even by Jews who disbelieve everything the prayer says. Prayers of Awe An exciting new series that examines the High Holy Day liturgy to enrich the praying experience of everyone—whether experienced worshipers or guests who encounter Jewish prayer for the very first time.

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Turner Publishing Company

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158023495X

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Farm Sector Restructuring in Belarus

Progress and Constraints

By: Csaba Csáki,Zvi Lerman,Serge? Sotnikov

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Farm Sector Restructuring in Belarus

Progress and Constraints

By: Csaba Csáki,Zvi Lerman,Serge? Sotnikov

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0821347926

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9780821347928

Land Reform in Ukraine

The First Five Years

By: Csaba Csáki,Zvi Lerman

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Land Reform in Ukraine

The First Five Years

By: Csaba Csáki,Zvi Lerman

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Agriculture in Transition

Land Policies and Evolving Farm Structures in Post-Soviet Countries

By: Zvi Lerman,Csaba Csáki,Gershon Feder

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Land Policies and Evolving Farm Structures in Post-Soviet Countries

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Farm Debt in the CIS

A Multi-country Study of the Major Causes and Proposed Solutions

By: Csaba Csáki,Zvi Lerman,Serge? Sotnikov

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A Multi-country Study of the Major Causes and Proposed Solutions

By: Csaba Csáki,Zvi Lerman,Serge? Sotnikov

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Ukraine--review of Farm Restructuring Experiences

By: Zvi Lerman,Csaba Csáki

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Ukraine--review of Farm Restructuring Experiences

By: Zvi Lerman,Csaba Csáki

Restructuring has produced a definite favorable impact on labor relations and workers behavior in the reorganized farms. Managers of reorganized farm enterprises give a much more positive assessment of the behavioral patterns of their workers than managers of non-reorganized farms." Agriculture remains the main source of employment and livelihood for the large rural population of many transition countries, especially among the former Soviet republics. Accordingly the World Bank continuously monitors the progress of land reform and farm restructuring in the region because of the potential impact of these processes on rural development and poverty alleviation in rural areas. The present study on Ukraine is the latest addition to a long and growing series of World Bank publications on land reform and farm restructuring in the former socialist countries of Europe and Central Asia. The unique feature of all these publications is their reliance on first-hand empirical information collected through extensive farm surveys of various rural constituencies. Farm surveys have been conducted by the World Bank in many countries of the CIS (Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Belarus) and Central and Eastern Europe (Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Albania). Analysis of survey findings enables the World Bank to base its policy dialogue with governments in the region on solid empirical facts, making the Bank's recommendation much more credible and relevant. The new findings for Ukraine will similarly provide a platform for useful policy discussions with this country's government and supply the many international donors active on the local scene with essential information for the design of their strategic programs.

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