Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 256
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781849665742
This volume brings together new contributions from renowned academic scholars, from experts on economies in transition and from the United Nations, the European Union, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as well as other international agencies. It aims to answer fundamental questions and spell out policy options to address the challenges for economies in transition. The volume includes comparative studies focusing on all transition economies, including Central and Eastern Europe, as well as regions such as Western Balkans and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- About the Editors
- About other Contributors
- Introduction
- Institutions and diversification of the economies in transition
- The role of the business environment in explaining the performance of countries and firms
- International trade and economic diversification
- Annex
- Explaining patterns of trade between the CIS and the EU and China
- Introduction
- Foreign direct investment in transition economies: Strengthening the gains from integration
- Remittances and development in transition economies
- Appendix
- Appendix
- Agricultural Reforms, Growth and Poverty Reduction in Central Asia
