In moving toward a market economy, Slovenia is working hard to create a legal framework that can foster the growth of the private sector.

The former USSR could become self-sufficient in food, but in the medium term will probably remain a net agricultural importer - if it can persuade exporters to extend credit. But Central Eastern European agricultural exports are likely to expand. Central Eastern Europe could become a tougher, more aggressive player in agriculture, principally in the markets for more demanding food products - especially pork, poultry, and fruits and vegetables.

Most policy decisions about targets and instruments of pollution control should probably be made at the highest level of government involved. But effective implementation - including inspection, enforcement, and prosecution - may require involving all levels of government. Coordination is then necessary, with substantive implications for choices of policy tools and the assignment of responsibilities.

The series is written for the European Commission by international subject experts chiefly located at the Commission's Forward Studies Unit. Titles within the series reflect a European view of the changing world order of today and will be of particular interest to students, scholars and professionals active in European Studies and International Relations. A timely response to the perceived need for the European Union to consider Europe in the global context and the increasingly prominent role that post-Cold War Europe is taking in world affairs. The book discusses past and current changes in North-South relations alongside development prospects, interdependencies and potential risks in the future.

It is possible to "grow out of" some environmental problems, but there is nothing automatic about doing so. Action tends to be taken where there are generalized local costs and substantial private and social benefit. Where the costs of environmental degredation are borne by others (by the poor or by other countries), there are few incentives to alter damaging behavior. Trade, debt, and other macroeconomic policy variables seem to have little generalized effect on the environment.