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The long-run weight of communism or the weight of long-run history?
Roland, Gérard - 2010
This study provides evidence that culture understood as values and beliefs moves very slowly. Despite massive institutional change, values and beliefs in transition countries have not changed much over the last 20 years. Evidence suggests that culture is affected by the long run historical past,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008662196
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Does financial liberalisation improve access to investment finance in developing countries?
O’Toole, Conor M. - 2012
This paper considers the effect of financial liberalisation on access to investment finance using firm level data covering 57 developing and transition countries. An index is presented which measures financial market liberalisation along the following policy dimensions: directed lending, credit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009565839
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The great transformation 1989 - 2029 : could It have been better? ; will It be better?
Kołodko, Grzegorz W. - 2010
Over 1.8 billion people, from Central Europe to East Asia, have been involved in the great systemic transformation to market economy, civic society and democracy. The process has brought mixed fruits. The diversification of the current situation is a result of both the legacy from the past and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008661244
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The new grand bourgeoisie under post-communism
Szelényi, Iván - 2010
In the former socialist redistributive economies, the transition to market economy and the conversion to private ownership followed different trajectories. The paper offers an overview on how a new class of grand bourgeoisie was formed in three different regions of the transition: Central...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008661801
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Reform and inequality during the transition : an analysis using panel houshold survey data ; 1990 - 2005
Milanović, Branko; Ersado, Lire - 2010
-2005, examines correlates of unprecedented increases in inequality registered by most of these economies. We find that, after … infrastructure reform (mostly consisting of privatization and higher fees) are responsible for this pro-inequality effect while small … evidence that higher government spending as share of GDI reduces inequality. -- inequality ; transition ; economic policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008661804
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Tax revenues in transition countries : structural changes and their policy implications
Khujamkulov, Ismoil - International Centre for Tax and Development - 2016
Changes in the tax structure and category of taxes clearly matter when it comes to initiating tax policies. This paper employs data from a sample of 33 transitional countries over the period 1991-2014. It finds that, in a particular transitional country, the higher the national income, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011587046
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Informal institutions, transaction risk, and firm productivity in Myanmar
Danquah, Michael; Sen, Kunal - 2020
In many low-income transition countries, where formal institutions such as courts do not function effectively, informal institutions are often used by firms to minimize transaction risks. We examine the role of informal institutions, in the forms of relational contracting and social networks, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012216455
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Thirty years in Africa's development : from structural adjustment to structural transformation?
Addison, Tony - 2015
been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011396968
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Mozambique : off-track or temporarily sidelined?
Arndt, Channing; Jones, E. Samuel; Tarp, Finn - 2015
Since 1994, a great deal has been accomplished. We argue that poverty reduction was temporarily sidelined in the 2000s. A series of shocks, especially the fuel and food price crisis of 2008, combined with poor productivity growth in agriculture and a weather shock, undermined progress in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010511245
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Growth and poverty reduction in Tanzania
Arndt, Channing; Demery, Lionel; McKay, Andrew D.; … - 2015
After many years of relatively slow growth, Tanzania's national accounts data report accelerated aggregate growth since around 2000. Our analysis shows that there has been somewhat slower growth in private consumption and in sectors such as agriculture in which most of the poor work and live....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528633