Grzegorz W. Kolodko, one of the world's leading authorities on economics and development policy and a key architect of Poland's successful economic reforms, applies his far-reaching knowledge to the past and future of the world economy, introducing a framework for understanding our global...

1 Stabilization programs — assumptions, background, implementation -- 2 Postsocialist economy and stabilization policy -- 3 Stabilization in Yugoslavia -- 4 Polish hyperinflation and stabilization 1989–1991 -- 5 Stabilization in Viet Nam -- 6 Stabilization, transformation and growth....

This book covers a wide variety of aspects of transition in Central and Southeast Europe and the CIS, including the socialist legacy, privatization and growth, skills, and banking reforms. It also covers the evolution of the global economy beyond transition, looking at complexity, risk...