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).

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.

FAO/REU Policy Studies on Rural Transition: Europe and Central Asia Region

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The Economic Effects of Land Reform in Tajikistan, Zvi Lerman and David Sedik, Policy Study No. 2008-1 (October 2008).

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 (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

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]

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

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.