Economies in transition [electronic resource] : the long-run view /
Roland, G.editor.
The twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall saw many reflect on the political, economic and social changes of recent years. The legacy of communism and the economic prospects of post-communist countries are rigorously analysed in this stimulating study of the long term consequences of transition.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 Innovation and Dynamism: Interaction between Systems and Technical Progress; 2 The Demographic Transformation of Post-Socialist Countries: Causes, Consequences, and Questions; 3 Reform and Inequality during the Transition: An Analysis Using Panel Household Survey Data, 1990-2005; 4 Twenty Years of Political Transition; 5 Into the Void: Governing Finance in Central and Eastern Europe; 6 The Long-Run Weight of Communism or the Weight of Long-Run History?
7 Misuse of Institutions: Lessons from Transition8 Civil Society, Institutional Change, and the Politics of Reform: The Great Transition; 9 Twenty Years Later and the Socialist Heritage is Still Kicking: The Case of Russia; 10 European Transition at Twenty: Assessing Progress in Countries and Sectors; 11 Transition, Structural Divergence, and Performance: Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union during 2000-7; 12 The Long Road to Normality: Where Russia Now Stands; 13 The Travails of Unification: East Germany's EconomicTransition since 1989
14 Transition in Southeast Europe: Understanding Economic Development and Institutional Change15 Central Asia after Two Decades of Independence; Index
"In association with United Nations University- World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall saw many reflect on the political, economic and social changes of recent years. The legacy of communism and the economic prospects of post-communist countries are rigorously analysed in this stimulating study of the long term consequences of transition.
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