It was expected that price liberalisation and privatisation in transition economies would spontaneously result in the necessary institutions that underpin Western market economies. However, these institutions are not developing as expected. The objective of the paper is to understand why these...

Chaplin H., Gorton M. and Davidova S. (2007) Impediments to the diversification of rural economies in Central and Eastern Europe: evidence from small-scale farms in Poland, Regional Studies 41, -. Most rural economies in Central and Eastern Europe suffer from a poorly developed Rural Non-Farm...