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Title

Post-Communist transition : the thorny road / Grzegorz W. Kolodko.

Author

Kołodko, Grzegorz W.

Publication

Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2000.

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Description

199 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

• "Post-Communist Transition: The Thorny Road treats the historical endeavor to transform state-controlled economies to new institutional arrangements of free market economies. This ongoing transition is an indispensable part of globalization. The recession created by the transition has lasted much longer than expected, contraction was deeper than earlier assumed, and the recovery was not - and in several cases still is not - as smooth as envisioned by both the relevant governments and international organizations. Instead of recovery and robust growth, the lasting recession has turned out to be the Great Transitional Depression, continuing in several countries over the entire decade of the 1990s.
• It is important that the effects have been felt most severely in the two countries with the largest economies - Russia and Ukraine. The author examines the underlying roots of these processes, especially from the viewpoint of policy options for the future and their political and technical restraints."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Rochester studies in Central Europe, 1528-4808 ; 1

Uniform Title

Rochester studies in Central Europe ; 1.

Subject

• Poland > Economic policy > 1990-
• Post-communism > Poland
• Privatization > Poland

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-185) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The Polish Alternative: Old Myths, Hard Facts, and New Strategies in the Successful Transformation of the Polish Economy / Grzegorz W. Kolodko and D. Mario Nutt -- 2. Ten Years of Post-Socialist Transition: The Lessons for Policy Reforms -- 3. Equity Issues in Policymaking in Transition Economies -- 4. Fiscal Policy and Capital Formation in Transition Economies -- 5. Transition to a Market and Entrepreneurship: The Systemic Factors and Policy Options.

ISBN

1580460577 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^00056389^

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Harvard Library