Privatization and economic reform in Central Europe
Subtitle: the changing business climate
By: edited by Dennis A. Rondinelli.
Contributors: Rondinelli, Dennis A.
Publisher: Quorum
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Privatization -- Europe, Eastern -- Case studies; Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern -- Case studies; Europe, Eastern -- Economic conditions -- 1989-  -- Regional disparities; Europe, Eastern -- Economic policy -- 1989-
Other titles: Privatization & economic reform in Central Europe.
Description: The process of economic restructuring is especially important and particularly complex in Central Europe, where Poland, Hungary, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Slovenia, and other independent states of former Yugoslavia are struggling to transform themselves from socialist to market economies. Each country faces equally complex challenges, however, in creating a new business climate that will nourish domestic enterprise and attract investments by multinational corporations. These challenges include: (1) privatizing state-owned enterprises that have dominated the economies of socialist countries; (2) developing public policies and programs that support the private sector, especially small- and medium-scale enterprises; (3) decentralizing the state administrative structure to allow regional and local governments to play a more active role in providing public services and supporting private enterprise; and (4) restructuring industry, agriculture, and services in order to diversify and reinvigorate the economic base (including infrastructure) of regions surrounding cities that are still dominated by heavy (and now largely obsolescent) manufacturing industries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-278) and index.
Spine title: Privatization & economic reform in Central Europe.