External Liberalization, Economic Performance and Social Policy [electronic resource].
Taylor, Lance.
Taylor, Lance,1940-
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2001.
This text reports on a policy shift in transition and developing countries after the mid-1980's. Looking at the experiences of nine countries and the negative effects that liberalization has had on them, the book includes policy recommendations for problems and challenges posed by globalization.
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Contents; Editor and Contributors; 1. External Liberalization in Asia, Post-Socialist Europe, and Brazil; 2. Belindia Goes to Washington: The Brazilian Economy after the Reforms; 3. External Liberalization, Growth, and Distribution in China; 4. Opening Up the Hungarian Economy: Conditions and Consequences of Liberalizing Trade and Capital Flows in Hungary; 5. A Decade of Reforms: The Indian Economy in the 1990's; 6. Indonesia's External Liberalization: Policy Dynamics and Socio-Economic Impact; 7. The Long and Winding Road to Liberalization: The South Korean Experience
8. External Liberalization, Economic Performance, and Distribution in Malaysia 9. External Liberalization, Growth, and Distribution in the Philippines; 10. External Liberalization, Growth, and Distribution: The Polish Experience; 11. The Russian Way of Adjustment: Mechanisms of Economic Growth in 1999-2001 and Patterns of Poverty and Income Distribution; 12. External Liberalization and Economic Growth: The Case of Singapore; 13. The Distributive and Macroeconomic Impact of Liberalization in Thailand
14. Turkey, 1980-2000: Financial Liberalization, Macroeconomic (In)Stability, and Patterns of Distribution15. Vietnam: External Liberalization, Structural Change, Economic Growth, and Income Distribution; Index;
This text reports on a policy shift in transition and developing countries after the mid-1980's. Looking at the experiences of nine countries and the negative effects that liberalization has had on them, the book includes policy recommendations for problems and challenges posed by globalization.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references.
Free enterprise -- Asia.
Free enterprise -- Brazil.
Free enterprise -- Europe, Eastern.
Free trade -- Asia.
Free trade -- Brazil.
Free trade -- Europe, Eastern.
International finance.