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Revisiting Group Farming in a Post-socialist Economy: The Case of Romania
In the 1990s, Romania decollectivised its agriculture under the Law on Agricultural Land Resources (Law 18/1991). Like many former...
Capitalisation of SDC Experiences in Roma Social Inclusion
Jo Howard is working with SDC to capitalise experiences in Roma social inclusion by drawing broad conclusions from past SDC experiences in promoting Roma social inclusion and making them easily accessible for decision makers. Furthermore, she will produce a synthesis paper with main findings and lessons from the Roma inclusion seminar series.
Navigating Power and Intersectionality to Address Inequality
Published by: IDS
This paper examines the drivers of inequality and social exclusion, especially discrimination, with a focus on how they intersect at the levels of family, community and local government institutions. The paper reviews current literature and emerging research, drawing on empirical work being carried out by the authors in Central and Eastern Europe, the UK and Africa.
Real Time Monitoring in Romania: Part of the Bigger Picture
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
In 2009–10, a Rapid Assessment of the Social and Poverty Impacts of the Economic Crisis was undertaken in Romania to gain timely and...
Safety in Small Numbers: Local Strategies for Survival and Growth in Romania and the Kyrgyz Republic
Published by: IDS
Using a comparative study of farm households from poor rural communities in Kyrgyzstan and north-east Romania this paper explores the intricacies of a variety of forms of cooperation in agriculture. The findings highlight the safety net, labour specialisation, asset-pooling and service delivery functions of different groups that enable rural livelihoods to at times cope and at times improve in situations of imperfect information, sluggish labour and land markets and constrained capital markets.
Farm Strategy, Self-Selection and Productivity: Can Small Farming Groups Offer Production Benefits to Farmers in Post-Socialist Romania?
Published by: Elsevier
This paper addresses two questions: why are Romanian farmers continuing to place land in cooperative forms of farming when theory...