Ukraine became independent in 1991 and formally abandoned central planning. But the development of market methods of input supply and product distribution was impeded by continuing price distortions and the survival of various methods of administrative commodity allocation from the central...

There are diverse ideas about governance around the world, and this paper studies them through the following questions: (a) what does the available evidence tell us about the political and institutional requirements for sustained economic growth? (b) What do we need from the state to secure...

Books reviewed: Vladimir Gimpelson and Douglas Lippoldt, The Russian Labor Market. Between Transition and Turmoil G.A. Cornia and R. Paniccia, The Mortality Crisis in Transitional Economies Giovanni Andrea Cornia and Vladimir Popov, (eds.) Transition and Institutions: The Experience of Gradual...

Books reviewed: V.E. Bonnell and T.B. Gold (eds.), The New Entrepreneurs of Europe and Asia. Patterns of Business Development in Russia, Eastern Europe and China Gerald A. McDermott, Embedded Politics: Industrial Networks and Institutional Change in Postcommunism

This study reviews the implementation and impact of the economic partnership agreement (EPA) between the Forum of the Caribbean Group of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (Cariforum) (CF) and the EU during the first 5 years of its existence. The Agreement covers not only traditional trade...

An important aspect of the CARIFORUM‑EU Economic Partnership Agreement (hereafter, CFEU EPA) is its provisions for extensive trade liberalisation between the EU (including the French outermost territories in the Caribbean, the French Caribbean Outermost Regions (FCORs)) and the CARIFORUM...

This study reviews the implementation and impact of the economic partnership agreement (EPA) between the Forum of the Caribbean Group of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (Cariforum) (CF) and the EU during the first 5 years of its existence. The Agreement covers not only traditional trade...