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Finance & Development
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Taking Stock Economic performance has differed widely among the transition economies. The best performers are countries that were the most committed to reform at the start and that have carried out reforms rapidly and consistently.   |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2002 |
Book Reviews The End of Globalization: Lessons from the Great Depression by Harold James... Paradoxes of Prosperity: Why the New Capitalism Benefits All by Diane Coyle... Out of the Red: Building Capitalism and Democracy in Postcommunist Europe by Mitchell A. Orenstein... etc. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2000
Raj Desai & Itzhak Goldberg |
Stakeholders, Governance, and the Russian Enterprise Dilemma Over the past decade, Russia's efforts to achieve economic growth and restructure its economy have been seriously hampered by a dearth of investment and the proliferation of barter and arrears. Given current conditions, how might Russian economic reform efforts best be supported? |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2002
Pradeep K. Mitra & Marcelo Selowsky |
Lessons from a Decade of Transition in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union A decade after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late 1991, some transition economies are performing far better than others. Reducing barriers to entry is not enough -- hard budget constraints must also be imposed on the old money-losing state-owned enterprises. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2001
Michael P. Keane & Eswar S. Prasad |
Poland: Inequality, Transfers, and Growth in Transition Poland is one of the great success stories of transition. Poland's success can be attributed to its early stabilization program, the strength of its subsequent market-oriented reforms, and generous social programs... |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2000
Oleh Havrylyshyn & John Odling-Smee |
Political Economy of Stalled Reforms Powerful vested interests in some of the transition countries oppose further reform. But, even in this difficult climate, reform can and should continue. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Czechmate, Or the Pitfalls of Rapid Privatization in Emerging Economies In his forthcoming book, Gerald McDermott offers a new explanation for why the Czech Republic and other emerging markets, which try to eliminate state involvement and undergo rapid mass privatization, may achieve only short-term or illusory economic success... |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2000
Emine Gurgen |
Central Asia: Achievements and Prospects Although the five Central Asian countries in transition have made progress in moving to a market economy, they still have far to go and need to intensify their reform efforts. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2001
Harry G. Broadman |
Competition and Business Entry in Russia Reforming anticompetitive business structures and lowering barriers to entry are key to Russia's post-privatization reform program... |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2000
Andrei Nesterenko |
The Modernization Challenge Facing President Putin Having established and strengthened basic market and democratic institutions during the 1990s, Russia became an emerging market country that badly needs a modernization breakthrough. How can the government of President Vladimir Putin attain this goal? |
Finance & Development
December 2011 |
To Sell or Not Although the push for privatization took different forms in different parts of the world, it was part of a broader movement aimed at reducing the role of government in the economy and at increasing reliance on markets and prices. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2000 |
Book reviews Without a Map: Political Tactics and Economic Reform in Russia by Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman evaluates the reforms of the 1990s... Money and Markets: A Wall Street Memoir by Henry Kaufman both inspirational and educational... |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2000
Roger Nord |
Central and Eastern Europe and the New Financial Architecture As the Central and Eastern European countries prepare to join the European Union, they are participating in worldwide efforts to strengthen the global economy... |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2000
Robert A. Feldman & C. Maxwell Watson |
Central Europe: From Transition to EU Membership The Central European countries have made considerable progress with the transition to a market economy and now face the challenge of developing macroeconomic policy frameworks on the road to EU accession. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2006
Zagha, Nankani & Gill |
Rethinking Growth Economists are reconsidering what they really know about economic growth and how to go about formulating global national policies in the absence of reliable models. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2003
Adam Bennett |
Failed Legacies Escaping the ghosts of central economic planning |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2001
Christian Keller & Peter S. Heller |
Social Sector Reform in Transition Countries Transition countries need to reform their social sectors to promote the welfare of their citizens and spur economic growth. In part, this means building up and redesigning social safety nets and addressing problems. It also requires cutting some benefits and privileges... |
Salon.com
December 12, 2002
Farhad Manjoo |
United's ESOP fable Did employee stock ownership drive the airline into bankruptcy? |
Finance & Development
March 2009
Roger Bootle |
Redrawing the Boundaries We do need to fix the financial markets, and that means, in a variety of ways, a bigger role for government. But we do not need bigger government. Or, except in relation to the powers of corporate executives, do we need to fix the market economy in general. |
Salon.com
October 27, 2000
Cathy Young |
One good reason to vote for Bush Social Security is on its last legs, and the limited privatization backed by the GOP candidate can save it. But Al Gore won't even admit there's a problem... |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2002
Lipschitz et al. |
The Tosovsky Dilemma: Capital Surges in Transition Countries Transition countries that open themselves up to global capital markets are vulnerable to large and potentially erratic flows. Such flows should not be seen as one-off destabilizing events: they are intrinsic to the transition process and therefore need to be factored into policy formulation. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2001
Hernando de Soto |
The Mystery of Capital Why has the genesis of capital become such a mystery? And why have the rich nations of the world not explained to other nations how indispensable a formal property system is to capital formation? |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2000 |
Supplement Czech Republic: Recent Developments and Current Outlook... Fall 2000 World Economic Outlook... International Capital Markets Report... Prague to Be Venue for 2000 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings... |
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Marla Brill |
Talking Turkey Fund manager Markus Bruck says European emerging markets still have room to grow. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
November 1, 2012 |
Country Report: Czech Republic The '90s was an enthusiastic time. With the fall of communism in 1989 and the emergence of the free economy, the international pharmaceutical industry arrived in the Czech Republic to find a highly receptive market. |
BusinessWeek
November 3, 2003
Laura Cohn |
Where Offshore Funds Are Finding Gems In 2003, investors saw sizzling gains in Russia, Thailand, Eastern Europe, and Brazil. And there may be more to come. |
Inc.
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Bo Burlingham |
The Boom in Employee Ownership More than 15% of the private-sector workforce is now covered by one ownership plan or another, and that figure is growing. It may get an additional boost from a new study on the effects of stock options... |
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Rich Duprey |
Become Your Own Arbitrageur A couple of stocks for sale offer investors the chance to beat the Street at its own game. Chipotle Mexican Grill... Mueller Water... |
