Going Global

by Desai, Padma

• ISBN13: 9780262041614
• ISBN10: 0262041618
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-12-05
• Publisher: Mit Pr

Summary

The transition of the former socialist and otherwise centrally planned economies into the world trading and financial system has become a major concern to both policymakers and social scientists. In this book experts from diverse economies address the principal issues raised by this transition. The chapters, which cover fourteen countries of East and Central Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Asia, are the result of a three-year research project. Although the contributors share a unity of design and analysis, each author focuses on the issues most relevant to the country or countries under discussion. In her introductory essay, project leader Padma Desai synthesizes the findings and cuts through recent analytical confusion over such issues as shock therapy versus gradualism. Rather than advocate the faster the better, she discusses the possible difficulty of sustaining rapid transition reforms and globalization in the face of rising unemployment. The countries discussed are the Czech Republic, Hungary, the German Democratic Republic (now eastern Germany), Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, China, Vietnam, and India. Contributors: The Czech Republic, Josef C. Brada and A. M. Kutan. Hungary, Andras Blaho and Peter Gal. East Germany, Juuml;rgen von Hagen. Poland, Stanislaw Wellisz. Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, Kalev Kukk. Finland, Urpo Kivikari. Russia, Padma Desai. Kazakhstan, Heiner Flassbeck, Lutz Hoffman, and Ludger Lindlar. Uzbekistan, Michael Connolly. China, Richard S. Eckaus. Vietnam, David Dollar and Borje Ljunggren. India, Manmohan Agarwal.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix	(2)
Foreword	xi	(2)
Preface	xiii
Introduction	1	(94)
Padma Desai
I Central and East Europe	95	(146)
1 The Czech Republic	97	(38)
Josef C. Brada
Ali M. Kutan
2 Hungary	135	(38)
Andras Blaho
Peter Gal
3 East Germany	173	(36)
Jurgen von Hagen
4 Poland	209	(32)
Stanislaw Wellisz
II The North European Economies	241	(74)
5 The Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania	243	(30)
Kalev Kukk
6 Finland	273	(42)
Urpo Kivikari
III The Post-Soviet States	315	(98)
7 Russia	317	(36)
Padma Desai
8 Kazakhstan	353	(32)
Heiner Flassbeck
Lutz Hoffmann
Ludger Lindlar
9 Uzbekistan	385	(28)
Michael Connolly
IV East, Southeast, and South Asia	413	(84)
10 China	415	(24)
Richard S. Eckaus
11 Vietnam	439	(34)
David Dollar
Borje Ljunggren
12 India	473	(24)
Manmohan Agarwal
Index	497