The increases in 2001 were marginal in most cases and PSE, which measures support as a percentage of total farm receipts, remains well below pre-reform levels, when it was significantly higher than the OECD average. This suggests that the transition was associated with a notable overall reduction of policy distortions in the agricultural sector, Agricultural Policies in Transition Economies: Trends in Policies and Support notes. Now Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia and Russia need to push ahead in areas such as land reform, market infrastructure and improved commercial production to be ready to meet future opportunities and challenges, for all of which they will need to attract investment, the report says.One area where most transition countries remain above the OECD average is in the size of their agricultural populations. In Romania, for instance, more than 40% of the working population is in farming, compared with an OECD average of about 8%.OECD (2002), Agricultural Policies in Transition Economies: Trends in Policies and Support, Paris. © OECD Observer No. 234, October 2002