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Title

Economic transformation in Central Europe : a progress report / edited by Richard Portes.

Publication

London : Centre for Economic Policy Research ; Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, [1993], ©1993.

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Additional Authors

• Portes, Richard.
• Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain)

Description

xii, 294 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subjects

• Post-communism > Europe, Central
• Europe, Central > Economic conditions
• Mixed economy > Europe, Central
• Europe, Central > Economic policy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Central Europe: the way forward / Domenico Mario Nuti and Richard Portes. 2. Causes of the Fall in Output. 3. Lessons from the Experience of Central Europe. 4. New Policies for the Central European Countries. 5. A Historical Footnote -- 2. Czech and Slovak Federal Republic: a solid foundation / Jan Svejnar. 2. Background. 3. The Principal Measures During Stabilization and Transition. 4. Economic, Social and Political Developments in 1989-92. 5. Policy Challenges for the Czech and Slovak Governments. 6. Evaluation -- 3. Czech and Slovak Federal Republic: a new approach / Valtr Komarek. 1. General Background. 2. Specific Initial Conditions. 3. Real Course of the Economic Transformation in 1991. 4. Deeper Connections, Influences and Consequences. 5. Recommendations of 'Policy Options for the Future'. 6. The Problem in 1992 -- 4. Hungary: sound money, fiscal problems / Werner Riecke and Laszlo Antal. 2. Characteristics of Economic Policy. 3. Monetary Policy behind the External Balance. 4. Privatization.
• 5. Present Situation and Prospects for the Near Future. 6. Budget - Public Finance. 7. Balance of Trade. 8. A Possible Financial Policy in the Medium Run. 9. Recent Economic Figures -- 5. Hungary: gradualism needs a strategy / Kalman Mizsei. 2. Political and Social Constraints of Economic Reforms. 3. Monetary Policy and Independence of the Monetary Authority. 4. Public Revenues and Spending. 5. Price and Foreign Trade Liberalization. 6. Income Policies. 7. The Labour Market and Unemployment Sector Projects. 8. Allocation of Labour - The Role of Public. 9. Explicit and Implicit Social Contracts - The Welfare Systems. 10. Demonopolization and Competition Policy. 11. Privatization. 12. Bankruptcy and Liquidation. 13. Trade Restructuring - Shift of Exports to Western Markets. 14. Restructuring of Production. 15. Financial Institutions and Intermediation -- 6. Poland: glass half full / Stanislaw Gomulka. 1. Broad Interactions Between Politics and Economics in the Process of Transition.
• 2. Macro Stabilization. 3. Micro Liberalization. 4. Privatization and Other Structural Changes. 5. Major Problems in 1991-2 and Aims in 1993 -- 7. Poland: glass half empty / Dariusz K. Rosati. 2. Reform Results to Date: More Pain than Gain? 3. The Slow Pace of Institutional Reform. 4. Economic Lessons: What Went Wrong? 5. The Social and Political Aspects of Reform -- Appendix: Devaluation overshooting in the transition to convertibility and free prices -- Appendix: Central Europe: recent economic developments. Czech and Slovak Republics. Hungary. Poland.

ISBN

• 1898128006
• 9282656802

OCLC

ocm28330962

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries