Die Weltbank unterstützt den Transformationsprozeß in Mittel- und Osteuropa und in den Staaten der ehemaligen Sowjetunion durch die Finanzierung von Stabilisierungsprogrammen, durch die Mobilisierung technischer Unterstützung sowie durch politische Beratung. Die Aktivitäten der Weltbank...

This book, written on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989, addresses three questions that relate to recession, recovery, and reform, respectively, in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) transition countries. Did the transition from a command to a market economy and...

Two decades since the fall of the Berlin wall, Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, is experiencing the deepest contraction and is expected to see the weakest recovery in output among all emerging and developing economy regions a result of the global financial and economic...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Overview -- Part 1 The First Decade in Transition -- How Did Transition Economies Perform? -- Explaining Variation in Output Performance -- Part 2 Policy and Institutional Challenges Ahead -- The Quest for Growth -- Discipline and Encouragement...

Two decades since the fall of the Berlin wall, Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, is experiencing the deepest contraction and is expected to see the weakest recovery in output among all emerging and developing economy regions a result of the global financial and economic crisis.