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Statistical Database of Transition Countries

Population and rural population in CIS and Georgia 1913-2015: Graphs and data (xlsx)
Population and rural population in CIS and Georgia 1913-2015: Graphs and data (pdf)
Population and rural population in CIS and Georgia 1980-2015, with growth indexes and rural population shares (xlsx)
Population and rural population in CIS and Georgia 1980-2015, with growth indexes and rural population shares (pdf)
Agricultural output in CIS and Georgia, 1965-2014 (xlsx)
Agricultural output in CIS and Georgia, 1965-2014 (pdf)
GDP in CIS and Georgia 1965-2013 (xlsx)
GDP in CIS and Georgia 1965-2013 (pdf)
Agricultural labor in CEE and CIS, 1989-1999 (xls)
GDP in CEE and CIS, 1990-2000 (xls)
Agricultural output in CEE and CIS, 1990-2000 (xls)

Journal Articles on Agricultural Transition and Cooperatives

Journal Articles on Agricultural Transition and Cooperatives

 

C. Parliament, Z. Lerman, and J. Fulton, “Performance of Cooperatives and Investor Owned Firms in the Dairy Industry,” Journal of Agricultural Cooperation, Vol. 5, pp. 1-16 (1990).

Z. Lerman and C. Parliament, “Comparative Performance of Food-Processing Cooperatives and Investor-Owned Firms,” Agribusiness, Vol. 6, No. 6, pp. 527-540 (1990).

Chapters in Books

 

C. Csaki and Z. Lerman, "Land Reform and the Future Role of Cooperatives in Agriculture in the Former Socialist Countries in Europe," in: C. Csaki and Y. Kislev, eds., Agricultural Cooperatives in Transition, Westview Press, Boulder, CO (1993), pp. 3-19.

World Bank Discussion Papers/Technical Papers Series

World Bank Discussion Papers/Technical Papers Series

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Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Russia (with K. Brooks), World Bank Discussion Paper 233, The World Bank, Washington, DC (1994), 104 pp.

Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Ukraine (with K. Brooks and C. Csaki), World Bank Discussion Paper 270, The World Bank, Washington, DC (1994), 124 pp

World Bank Agriculture Policy Notes

World Bank Agriculture Policy Notes (download pdf files)

  • Land Reform and Private Farms in Georgia: 1996 Status , EC4NR Agriculture Policy Note No. 6, The World Bank, Washington, D.C. (October 1996), 36 pp.(PDF).

Books

Books

Private Agriculture in Armenia (with A. Mirzakhanian), Lexington Books, Lanham, MD (2001).

Agrarian Reform in Turkmenistan (with I. Stanchin), Center for Agricultural Economic Research, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel (2003) [in Russian]

Ukraine Agriculture After 2000:an FAO study

Agricultural Reform in Ukraine: Outcomes and Prospects (full study, in Russian)

 

A Fundamental Change in Land and Farm Policy? (summary)
Rethinking Agricultural Reform in Ukraine (full study, in English)
Agriculture in Ukraine: Radical Changes after 2000 (presentation, 2006, in Russian)
The Impact of Agricultural Policy on Land Use, Farm Efficiency, and Rural Incomes in Ukraine (presentation, October 2007, in Russian).
Outcomes of Agricultural Reform in Ukraine--article in Ekonomika Ukrainy, June 2006 (in Russian).

Curriculum Vitae

Zvi Lerman is the Sir Henry d'Avigdor Goldsmid Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics in the Department of Environmental Economics and Management, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, where he served as Department Head (2005-2009) and Chairman of Departmental Curriculum Programs (1996-1998). Retired in 2011 with the rank of Full Professor. Teaching experience includes financial management, accounting, and the economics of cooperatives.