Abstract

resulted in a situation w h e r e " . . . most Romanian farmers have experienced 'intense pauperization' for lack of logistic and information assistance, while a prosperous group of middlemen have emerged" (p. 229). In Bulgaria, where one-third of the population lives in rural areas, breaking up of vineyards into small cooperative units has had an adverse effect on wine production through a loss of economies of scale. A number of success stories in rural development are reported in the book, espe- cially with respect to non-agricultural uses of rural land. In the Czech Republic rural areas

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