A Decade of Transition: Achievements and Challenges

Seminar Volumes, April 27, 2001

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Bibliographic details

• Authors: Saleh M. Nsouli, Oleh Havrylyshyn
• Published: April 27, 2001
• Series: Seminar Volumes
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589060135.072

Overview

• Authors: Saleh M. Nsouli, Oleh Havrylyshyn
• Publication date: April 27, 2001
• Based on: IMF conference held in February 1999 in Washington, D.C.
• Scope: Reviews the experience of 25 non-Asian transition economies 10 years into their transformation to market economies.
• Main organizing questions addressed in the volume:
  • How far has transition progressed in each country?
  • What factors explain the differences in the progress made?
  • What remains to be done?

Key themes and substantive findings

• Transition assessment:
  • Reviews progress across 25 non-Asian transition economies at the 10-year mark of transformation to market economies.
• Focus areas covered (subject taxonomy preserved from source):
  • Disinflation
  • Economic sectors
  • Income
  • Income inequality
  • Inflation
  • National accounts
  • Prices
  • Privatization
• Geographic and thematic keywords preserved:
  • Baltics, Central and Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe, Europe, Middle East, North America
  • banking sector reform, enterprise, enterprise manager, enterprise sector, privatization, privatization problem, reform agenda, SEM, transition country, transition economy

Intended analytic contributions

• Comparative diagnosis:
  • Systematic cross-country review to identify how far transition progressed and to explain variation in progress across countries.
• Policy orientation:
  • Identifies outstanding challenges and what remains to be done for completing transition toward market economies.

International Monetary Fund — A Decade of Transition: Achievements and Challenges (April 27, 2001)