We examine the evolution of industrial output in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Romania over the period 1989-1995 in terms of product trade orientation prior to the transition process, some products traded in a market economy while others traded in the artificial market of the Soviet Bloc. We...

We analyze economic performance in Tajikistan during the first decade of the transition period. Taking into account that in large part Tajikistan's economic growth has been influenced by exogenous factors such as ongoing military conflicts and droughts, we identify the two growth engines in the...

This study analyzes the economic performance of Turkmenistan during the first decade of transition. Special emphasis is being made on the role Turkmenistan's natural resources are playing in the process of the country's economic development. Given the specific political situation in...