Het project sluit aan bij onderzoek dat de afgelopen jaren is gebeurd in de onderzoeksgroep van prof. J. Swinnen in transitielanden enerzijds. Gezien Vietnam een transitieland is dat van een centraal geleide communistische politiek naar een vrije markt economie beweegt, sluit het aan bij die opgebouwde expertise. Anderzijds werd specifiek expertise opgebouwd rond kredietproblemen in transitielanden en de rol daarbij van instellingen.
De deskundigheid van de promotor en de deskundige kan als zeer complementair beschouwd worden voor het invullen en uitvoeren van dit projectvoorstel. Waar prof. Swinnen een zwaartepunt betekent wat betreft de institutionele achtergrond van kredietmarkten in transitielanden heeft H. Beerlandt naast haar onderzoekservaring over armoede in ontwikkelingslanden uitdrukkelijk de operationele veldervaring binnen armoedebestrijding, rurale ontwikkelingsprojecten en micro-krediet projecten- ook in Vietnam. Methodologisch is deze veldervaring sterk onderbouwd. Deze complementariteit kan teruggevonden worden in publicatie lijsten en C.V’s (3.2). Bemerk dat beide onderzoekers een ruimschootse ervaring hebben met beleidsgericht onderzoek.
Hieronder worden enkele belangrijke referentie punten uit de carrière van Prof. J. Swinnen aangehaald die het best de betrokkenheid aantonen bij het voorgestelde onderzoek naar kredietmarkten in Vietnam. De plaats daarvan in het totale onderzoek kan dan afgeleid worden uit de C.V van de promotor (zie 3.2)
(1) Verschillende studies gedaan om de hervormingen in Oost-Azië, incl. Vietnam, te vergelijken met deze in Centraal Europa en in Rusland
Macours K. and J. Swinnen, 2001, Agricultural Transition and Productivity Patterns:
Synthesis of Experiences of East Asia, the former Soviet Union, and Central and Eastern
Europe, in Peters, G.H. and P. Pingali (eds.) Proceedings of the XXIVth International
Conference of Agricultural Economists, Oxford University Press.
Macours, K. and J. Swinnen, 2001, "Patterns of Agrarian Transition" Economic Development and Cultural Change, forthcoming.
Macours, K. and J. Swinnen, 2000, Impact of Reforms and Initial Conditions on Agricultural
Output and Productivity Changes in Central and Eastern Europe, the Former Soviet Union, and East Asia, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 82(5):1149-1155.
(2) Specifieke studies i.v.m ruraal krediet in transitielanden
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): Rural Finance in
Transition Countries (Fall 1997)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS): Lessons from Transition (Fall 1997)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD): The Role of Farmers Associations in Transition Countries (Summer 1997)
Slovakian Government - FAO project : Agricultural Credit Reform (April 1996)
OECD - Russian Government: Project Agricultural Credit Problems in Transition Economies
(Fall 1995)
Lithuanian Ministry of Agriculture: Agricultural Credit Specialist / Food Policy Analyst
(EC/Phare Technical Assistance Project - Oktober 1993).
Ukraine Ministry of Agriculture: Agricultural Credit Specialist (UK Know How Fund
Marketing Development Project - September 1993)
Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture: Agricultural Credit Specialist / Food Policy Analyst (EC-
Phare/World Bank Policy Review Project - Summer 1992). en publicaties hierover:
Swinnen J., 1995, Agricultural Credit Problems during the Transition to a Market Economy in
Central and Eastern Europe in: Agro-Food Sector Policy in OECD Countries and the Russian
Federation, Paris: OECD Centre for Co-operation with the Economies in Transition, p. 50-62.

Swinnen J. and H. Gow, 1999, Agricultural Credit Problems and Policies during the Transition to a
Market Economy Food Policy, 21(1):21-47.

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Family Name : SWINNEN
First Names : Johan Frans Maria
Date & place of birth: September 28, 1962 in Olmen, Belgium
Nationality:
Address:
Education:
Belgian
Department of Economics, K.U.Leuven
Naamsestraat 69, 3000 Leuven, Belgium e-mail: jo.swinnen@econ.kuleuven.be
MSc Agricultural Sciences (Landbouwingenieur) 1985, K U Leuven
Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics 1992, Cornell University, USA
Current employment: - Associate Professor of Development Economics
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), Belgium
- Director, Policy Research Group (PRG-Leuven), KULeuven
- Research Associate, LICOS-Centre for Transition Economics,
KULeuven
- Associate Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS),
Brussels
Previous employment:
1998-2000 Economic advisor, European Commission, DG-Economic and
Financial Affairs
(Advising on EU agricultural policy, Agricultural trade issues, East
European reforms and EU enlargement, Balkan reconstruction)
Assistant/Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics and Food 1993-1997
Policy
1992-1993
& Director, Policy Research Group (PRG-Leuven), KULeuven
Senior Economist, LICOS-Centre for Transition Economics, KULeuven
Other professional activities :
 Visiting Professor : Univ. of Siena (Italy), Wageningen Univ. (Netherlands), Cornell
Univ. (USA), Univ. of Nitra (Slovakia), Univ. of London (Wye College), Univ. of
Helsinki (Finland) Mediterranean Agronomic Institute (Chania, Greece),
 Organization & coordination of several research networks and projects on East
European agricultural reform and European integration
 Consultant : World Bank, OECD, FAO, European Commission (DG-Agriculture, DG-
Econ&Finance, DG-External Relations), USDA (ERS), IFAD, and to Governments
(Poland, Slovakia, Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Zaire)
 Chair, Scientific Programme Committee, 1999 Tri-Annual European Association of
Agricultural Economists Congress (Warsaw)
 Member of OECD Expert Group “Global Forum on Agriculture”, the International
Agricultural Trade Research Consortium, International Advisory Committee of the Center

for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Beijing, and the US National Agricultural Biotechnology
Council (1989-91)
I. Artikels in internationale gereviewde tijdschriften
Bojnec, S. and J. Swinnen, 1997, "Patterns of Agricultural Price Distortions in Central
Europe", Food Policy, 22(4):289-306.
Cungu, A. and J. Swinnen, 1999, “Albania’s Radical Agrarian Reform”, Economic
Development and Cultural Change , 47(3):605-619. de Gorter, H. and J. Swinnen, 1998, “The Impact of Economic Development on Redistributive and Public Research Policies i n Agriculture”, Review of Development Economics ,
2(1):41-60.
Dries, Liesbeth and Johan F.M. Swinnen, 2002, "Institutional Reform and Labor Reallocation during Transition: Evidence from Polish Agriculture", World Development , forthcoming
Gow, H. and J. Swinnen, 1998, "Agribusiness Restructuring, Foreign Direct Investment, and
Hold-Up Problems in Agricultural Transition", European Review of Agricultural
Economics , 25(4):331-350.
Gow, H., Streeter, D. and J. Swinnen, 2000, "How Private Contract Enforcement Mechanisms
Can Succeed Where Public Institutions Fail: The Case of Juhosucor A.S." Agricultural
Economics, 23(3): 253-265.
Gow, H. and J. Swinnen, 2001, “Private Enforcement Capital and Contract Enforcement in
Transition Countries” American Journal of Agricultural Economics , 83(3): 686-690
Hartell, J. and J. Swinnen, 1998, “Trends in Price and Trade Policy Instruments in Central
European Agricultural and Food Markets”, The World Economy , 21(2):261-279.
Macours, K. and J. Swinnen, 2000, “Causes of Output Decline during Transition: The Case of
Central and Eastern European Agriculture”, Journal of Comparative Economics ,
28(1): 172-206.
Macours, K. and J. Swinnen, 2000, “Impact of Reforms and Initial Conditions on Agricultural
Output and Productivity Changes in Central and Eastern Europe, the Former Soviet
Union, and East Asia”, American Journal of Agricultural Economics , 82(5):1149-1155.
Macours, K. and J. Swinnen, 2001, "Patterns of Agrarian Transition", Economic Development and Cultural Change, forthcoming.
Math ijs, E. and J. Swinnen, 1998, “The Economics of Agricultural Decollectivization in East
Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union”, Economic Development and Cultural
Change , 47(1):1-26.
Mathijs, E. and J. Swinnen, 2001, “Production Organization and Efficiency during Transition:
An Empirical Analysis of East German Agriculture”, The Review of Economics and
Statistics , 83(1): 100-107.
Pokrivcak, J., de Gorter, H., and J. Swinnen, 2001, “Does a ‘Restaurant Table Effect’ Exist with the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy? A Note” Journal of Agricultural
Economics , 52(3): 28-30.
Rizov, M., Gavrilescu, D., Gow, H., Mathijs, E. and J. Swinnen, 2001, “Transition and
Enterprise Reorganization: Farm Restructuring in Romania” World Development ,
29(7): 1257-1274.
Segre, A. and J. Swinnen, 1999, "Agricultural Transition and European Integration" MOCT-
MOST Economic Policy in Transition , Winter, 144-156.

Swinnen, J., 1997, “Does Compensation for Disruptions Stimulate Reforms ? The Case of
Agricultural Reform in Central Euro pe.” European Review of Agricultural Economics,
24(2):249-266.
Swinnen, J., 1998, "Economic Transition and the Distribution of Policy Rents: The Case of the
Wheat-Flour-Bread Chain in Bulgaria", European Review of Agricultural Economics ,
25 (3): 243-258.
Swinnen, J., 1999, "Political Economy of Land Reform Choices in Central and Eastern
Europe", The Economics of Transition , 7(3):637-664.
Swinnen, J., 1999, “European Agriculture Facing the 21 st Century in a Global Context:
Introduction” European Review of Agricultural Economics, 26(3): 263-264.
Swinnen, J. and H. de Gorter, 1998, “Endogenous Market Distortions and the Benefits from
Research” American Journal of Agricultural Economics , 80(1):107-115.
Swinnen, J., Banerjee A., and H. de Gorter, 2002, “Economic Development, Institutional
Change and The Political Economy of Agricultural Protection” Agricultural Economics ,
26(1) forthcoming
Swinnen, J., de Gorter, H., Rausser, G. and A. Banerjee, 2000, “The Political Economy of
Public Research Investment and Commodity Policies in Agriculture: An Empirical
Study” Agricultural Economics , 22:111-122
Swinnen J. and H. Gow, 1999, “Agricultural Credit Problems and Policies during the
Transition to a Market Economy in Central and Eastern Europe” Food Policy,
21(1):21-47.
II. Artikels in andere wetenschappelijke tijdschriften
Dries, Liesbeth, Karen Macours and Johan F.M. Swinnen, 2000, "Employment on Central and Eastern European Farms", Acta Oeconomica et Informatica , 3, 42-45.
Dries, Liesbeth and Johan F.M. Swinnen, 2000, "Labour Adjustments in Central and Eastern
European Agriculture", Emergo: Journal of Transforming Economies and Societies ,
7(3): 38-45.
Gow, H.. and J. Swinnen, 2001, “Foreign Investment and Contract Enforcement in Transition
Countries”, Transition , forthcoming
Macours, K. and J. Swinnen, 1999, “How Gradual was China's Agricultural Reform?”,
Transition , December:17-18.
Mathijs, E., Dries, L., Doucha, T. and J. Swinnen, 1999, “Production Efficiency and
Organization of Czech Agriculture” Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 5:312-
324.
Swinnen, J., 1997, “Privatizzazioni e decollettivizzazione nell’agricoltura dell’Europa centroorientale.” La Questione Agraria, 65:75-96.
Swinnen, J., 2000, "Pourquoi la réforme foncière des pays de l’Est est inachevée", Revue
Foncière , 2: 26-31
Swinnen, J., 2001 "Will Enlargement Cause a Flood of Eastern Food Imports, Bankrupt the
EU Budget, and Create WTO Conflicts ?” EuroChoices , Spring 2001
Swinnen, J., 2002 "Will Enlargement Cause a Flood of Eastern Food Imports, Bankrupt the
EU Budget, and Create WTO Conflicts ?” (Polish version) Village and Agriculture ,
Warsaw, forthcoming
Swinnen, J. and E. Mathijs, 1999, “Agricultural Privatization, Land Reform and Farm
Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe” Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural
Sciences 5:224-235.

Swinnen, J. and K. Macours 2001, “Agricultural Transition Patterns in East Asia, the former
Soviet Union, and Central and Eastern Europe”, Voprosy Ekonomiki (Economic
Issues ), 8, Moscow, forthcoming
III. Mededelingen op internationale congressen en symposia a) integraal gepubliceerd in proceedings
Bojnec, S., Münch, W. and J. Swinnen, 1998, “Exchange Rates and the Measurement of
Agricultural Price Distortions in CEECs and the Costs of CEECEU Accession”, in:
Brockmeier, M., Francois, J., Hertel, T., and P.M. Schmitz, Economic Transition and the Greening of Policies. Modeling New Challenges for Agriculture and Agribusiness in Europe , Kiel: Wissenschaftsverlag Vauk, p.285-304.
Gow, H. and J. Swinnen, 2000, “Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Agriculture and Agroindustry in Transition Economies” in: Csaki, C. and Z. Lerman (eds.), Structural
Change in the Farming Sectors in Central and Eastern Europe . Washington DC:
World Bank publications.
Gow, H. and J. Swinnen, 1999, “The Impact of FDI in the Downstream Sector on Agricultural
Finance, Investment and Production: Evidence from CEECs” in: Agricultural Finance and Credit Infrastructure in Transition Economies , OECD Center for Co-operation with Non-Members, Paris: OECD Publications.
Gow, H. and J. Swinnen, 1999, "How Foreign Direct Investment has Stimulated Growth in the
Central and Eastern European Agri-Food Sectors: Vertical Contracting and the Role of Private Enforcement Capital", in Hartmann, M. and J. Wandel (eds.) Food
Processing and Distribution in Transition Countries: Problems and Perspectives ,
Wisschenschaftsverlag Vauk Kiel, p.291-313.
Hartell, J. and J. Swinnen, 1999, “Political Economy Aspects of Free Trade Agreements and
Agricultural Policy in Central an d Eastern Europe” in: Foreign Trade and Foreign
Investment in Agri-Food Sectors: Competitiveness and Policy Implications , Warsaw
Agricultural University Press, p. 75-99.
Macours K. and J. Swinnen, 1999, “Trade Liberalization and Output Changes During
Trans ition in Central and Eastern European Agriculture” in: Foreign Trade and
Foreign Investment in Agri-Food Sectors: Competitiveness and Policy Implications ,
Warsaw Agricultural University Press, p. 34-74.
Macours K. and J. Swinnen, 2001, “Agricultural Transition and Productivity Patterns:
Synthesis of Experiences of East Asia, the former Soviet Union, and Central and
Eastern Europe”, in Peters, G.H. and P. Pingali (eds.) Proceedings of the XXIVth
International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Oxford University Press, forthcoming
Mathijs, E. and J. Swinnen, 1998, “Technical Efficiency and the Competitiveness of
Agricultural Enterprises: Results from Eastern Germany and the Czech Republic”, in
Tillack, P. and F. Pirscher (eds.), Competitiveness of Agricultural Enterprises and
Farm Activities in Transition Countries , Wisschenschaftsverlag Vauk Kiel, p.86-97.
Mathijs, E. and J. Swinnen, 1999, “Agricultural Decollectivization in Central and Eastern
Europe”, in: Peters, G.H. and J. Von Braun (eds.), Food Security, Diversification and
Resource Management: Refocusing the Role of Agriculture , Proceedings of the
XXIIIrd International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Sacramento, August 10-
16, 1997, Ashgate, Aldershot, pp. 413-420.
Mathijs, E. and J. Swinnen, 2 000, “Major Features of the New Farming Structures in Central and Eastern Europe”, in: Csaki, C. and Z. Lerman (eds.), Structural Change in the
Farming Sectors in Central and Eastern Europe . Washington DC: World Bank publications.
Mathijs, E. and J. Swinne n, 2000, “Efficiency Effects of Land Reforms in East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union”, in Tillack, P. and E. Schultze (eds.) Land Ownership,

Land Markets and their Influence on the Efficiency of Agricultural Production in
Central and Eastern Europe, Wisschenschaftsverlag Vauk Kiel, p.32-55.
Swinnen, J., 1998, "The Political Economy of Agricultural Transition”, in: von Witzke, H. and
S. Tangermann, Economic Transition in Central and East Europe, and the Former
Soviet Union: Implications for International Trade , Proceedings of a Conference of the
International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (Berlin).
Swinnen, J., 2000, "Assessment of the Usefulness of GTAP for Analysing the EU
Enlargement: Comments”, in: Frandsen, S. and M.J. Staehr (eds.), Assessment of the GTAP Modelling Framework for Policy Analyses from a European Perspective ,
Rapport nr. 116, Danish Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Economics,
Kopenhagen
Swinnen J. and H. Gow, 1999, “Agricultural Finance and Institutional Reforms in Transition
Economies” in: Agricultural Finance and Credit Infrastructure in Transition
Economies , OECD Center for Co-operation with Non-Members, Paris: OECD
Publications.
Swinnen, J. and E. Mathijs, 1998, "Agricultural Privatization, Land Reform and Farm
Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe", in: Agricultural Policies in the Baltic
Countries , Proceedings of the Parnu Seminar (September 1997), OECD Center for
Co-operation with Non-Members, Paris: OECD Publications. b) niet gepubliceerd of slechts als abstract verscheidene
III. Mededelingen op andere congressen en bijeenkomsten verscheidene
IV. Interne rapporten
Verscheidene working papers
V. Thesissen
VI. Boeken a) als auteur
Swinnen, J, From Central Planning to the Common Agricultural Policy (aanvaard voor publicatie bij Leuven Universitaire Pers)
Swinnen, J. and K. Macours, The Economics of Agrarian Transition (publicatievoorstel aanvaard door Oxford University Press) b) als editor
Swinnen, J.(ed.), 1997, Political Economy of Agrarian Reform in Central and Eastern Europe ,
London: Ashgate Publ.
Met eigen hoofstukken:
1. Political economy of privatization and decollectivization of Central and East
European agriculture: Definitions, issues and methodology - Ewa
Rabinowicz and Johan F. M. Swinnen
3. Agricultural privatization and decollectivization in Albania: A political economy perspective - Azeta Cungu and Johan F. M. Swinnen
5. On liquidation councils, flying troikas and Orsov cooperatives: The political economy of agricultural reform in Bulgaria - Johan F. M. Swinnen

9. Political economy aspects of Polish agrarian reform - Isabelle Lindemans and Johan F. M. Swinnen
12. Privatization of Slovenian agriculture: Process and politics - Štefan Bojnec and Johan F. M. Swinnen
13. The choice of privatization and decollectivization policies in Central and
East European agriculture: Observations and political economy hypotheses
- Johan F. M. Swinnen
Swinnen, J., Buckwell A. and E. Mathijs (eds.),1997, Agricultural Privatization, Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe , London: Ashgate Publ.
Met eigen hoofstukken:
1. Agricultural privatisation, land reform and farm restructuring in Albania - Azeta
Cungu and Johan F.M. Swinnen
8. Agricultural privatisation and farm restructuring in Slovenia - Štefan Bojnec and
Johan F.M. Swinnen
10. Agricultural privatisation, land reform and farm restructuring in Central and
Eastern Europe: A comparative analysis - Johan F.M. Swinnen and Erik Mathijs
Hartell, J. and J. Swinnen, (eds.), 2000, Agriculture and East-West European Integration ,
London: Ashgate Publ.
Met eigen hoofstukken:
1. Introduction - Johan F.M. Swinnen and Jason G. Hartell
9. Political economy aspects of CEEC agricultural price and trade policy in the framework of EU accession – Jason G. Hartell and Johan F.M. Swinnen
VII. Artikels in of gedeelten van boeken
Cungu, A. and J. Swinnen, 1998, " The Significance of Politics and Institutions for
Privatization and Decollectivization in Albania", in: Frohberg, K. and P. Weingarten
(eds.) The Significance of Politics and Institutions for the Design and Formation of
Agricultural Policy , Kiel: Vauk Verlag, p.238-250. de Gorter, H., J. Pokrivcak and J. Swinnen, 1998, "The ‘Restaurant-table Effect’: Europe and the Common Agricultural Policy, " in Yildirium, T., Schmitz, A. and W.H. Furtan (eds.),
World Agricultural Trade . Boulder, Co: Westview Press.
Gow, H. and J. Swinnen, 2001, "Foreign Direct Investment and Vertical Contracting in the
Agro-Food Sector of Transition Countries", in Schmitz, Rausser, and Zilberman (ed.)
“ Agricultural Globalization, Trade and the Environment ”, Kluwer Academic Press, forthcoming.
Hartell, J. en J. Swinnen, 2000, “European Integration and the Political Economy of Central and East European Agricultural Price and Trade Policy”, in: Tangermann, S., and M.
Banse (eds.), Central and Eastern European Agriculture in an Expanding European
Union . CAB International.
Macours K. and J. Swinnen, 2000, “A Comparison of Agrarian Reform in Russia, China and
Central and Eastern Europe”, in: Wehrheim, P. (ed.) Russia’s Food Economy:
Towards Truly Functioning Markets , Kluwer Academic Press.
Swinnen, J., 1998, “Agricultural Reform in Central and Eastern Europe” in Eicher, C. and J.
Staatz (eds), Agricultural Development in the Third World, Third Edition, Johns
Hopkins..
Swinnen, J., 1998, "Political and Institutional Determinants of Agricultural Policies: A Neoclassical Perspective with Empirical Insights from CEEC Agricultural Reforms", in:
Frohberg, K. (ed.) The Significance of Politics and Institutions for the Design and
Formation of Agricultural Policy , Kiel: Vauk Verlag.

Swinnen, J., 2001, “Transition from Collective Farms to Individual Tenures in Central and
Eastern Europe”, in: de Janvry, A., Gordillo, G., Platteau, J-P. and E. Sadoulet (eds.)
Land Reform Revisited: Access to Land, Rural Poverty and Public Action , Oxford
University Press, 349-378.
Swinnen, J., 2000, "Agricultural Institutions and Reforms Policies in Central and Eastern
Europe” in Burrell, A. and A. Oskam (eds), European Agricultural Policy in Transition,
Wageningen University Press.
Swinnen, J., Gow, H. and I. Maviglia, 2001,"Modest Changes in the West, Radical Reforms in the East, and Government Intervention Everywhere: European Sugar Markets at the
Outset of the 21 st Century", in: Schmitz, A., Spreen, T. and W. Messina, Sweetener
Markets in the 21 st Century , Kluwer Academic Publishers, forthcoming.
Tangermann, S. en J. Swinnen, 2000, “Conclusions and Implications for Food and Agricultural
Policy in the Process of Accession to the EU”, in: Tangermann, S., and M. Banse
(eds.), Central and Eastern European Agriculture in an Expanding European Union .
CAB International.